Roger's Security Blog

As Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft EMEA - lets share interesting security information

September, 2010

  • The Future of Crime

    I was contacted by somebody who recently mailed with me on LinkedIn (the value of social networks ) and who just started a website called Future Crimes , where they try to anticipate crime. There is quite some interesting content in there, which is...
  • The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Strategy

    I often talk to governments about their Cybersecurity strategy and agenda. Sometimes I think it is extremely hard for a government official or high-ranking military person to really understand what is going on in the cyber space and what this means. It...
  • Emerging Malware Threat on Exchange

    If you have not seen it, you should probably have a brief look at it. We are seeing a new worm spreading on Exchange. This worm is not exploiting a vulnerability but uses social engineering to spread. Please read our MMPC blog at Emerging Malware Issue...
  • FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers

    This is an interesting information: FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers . I am often asked about the rules and guidelines we have internally for bloggers. One is to be transparent. Whenever I blog, tweet or comment on a blog, I am always transparent...
  • The Eleven Rules of Life

    I know that they are very old but I did not know them. The oldest post I found was from 2004. People are saying that they are from Bill Gates but it seems that he used them during a speech in front of high-school students. I love them: RULE 1: Life...
  • The Community is Growing

    In Off to See the World I told you that we are growing the Chief Security Advisor Community and then I updated you on the UK and Sweden . Now it is time to update you again. Just before the summer vacation, we could hire the Chief Security Advisor in...
  • What it takes to shut down a botnet

    It hits the press from time to time that somebody was successful taking down a botnet. We had some success as well with the Waledac Botnet Takedown . There is actually a good article on What it takes to shut down a botnet . When I was doing some bing...