So, near the end of last week, I fired up my Xbox and downloaded the new “experience” – a massive update to the UI, which includes avatars. Lots of cool new stuff, but when I checked out my friend’s avatars, now that was really cool. This *is* stepto . ;-) If you know him, then no further explanation is necessary. If you don’t, check out the picture on his blog header…

With the recent release of v5 of the Security Intelligence Report, I decided to produce a couple of webcast videos where I present my findings to you directly in a brief presentation. In this second one, I go over the vulnerability disclosure trends for vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products. 1H08 Vulnerability Trends - Part 2 - Microsoft To see all of my videos on http://edge.technet.com , click here ( http://edge.technet.com/Tags/SecurityGuy/ ). Best regards, Jeff

With the recent release of v5 of the Security Intelligence Report, I decided to produce a couple of webcast videos where I present my findings to you directly in a brief presentation. In this first one, I go over the industry-wide trends.   1H08 Vulnerability Trends - Part1 - Industry To see all of my videos on http://edge.technet.com , click here ( http://edge.technet.com/Tags/SecurityGuy/ ). Best regards, Jeff

This morning, we released the latest version of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv5), examining industry-wide software vulnerability disclosures, Microsoft vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. I am one of the primary contributors to the SIRs, so naturally I think you should download it immediately and read it cover to cover  ;-)  However, I understand that some of you may not wish to read a 150 page technical...