Cybersecurity continues to be a hot topic around the world, particularly as governments develop policies to improve cybersecurity in critical infrastructure. In the U.S., the White House released an Executive Order entitled Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity to drive a concerted effort across...

Microsoft is looking for great student research on the future of cybersecurity policy. If you have conducted or plan to conduct such research, read on for information on how you can win a $5,000 cash prize for your research in our Cybersecurity 2020 essay contest . Cybersecurity is a policy priority...

This is part two of a three part series exploring the question of whether regions that experience political instability also experience increased malware infection rates and face more severe threats compared to more stable locations. I examined Egypt in part 1 of this series . In this article, using...

Last week, Jan Neutze and I participated in a dinner discussion on “Building a Secure Cyber Future” that the German Mission to the United Nations and the Atlantic Council organized for the members of the United Nations Group of Government Experts (GGE) on Developments in the field of Information...

Trending Security News This week in security news, stories report on the LinkedIn hack, big data, cyber legislation in process, and the consummerization of IT on BYOD trends. Here are some of the security news stories and our two blog picks this week. We focus on highlighting a variety of computer security...

I’m pleased today to introduce a guest blog post by Jan Neutze, a senior global security strategist on my team who focuses on cybersecurity norms and Internet governance. Jan is speaking today at the Atlantic Council of the United States and shares insights on ways to build a more secure cyber...

Today we released the latest volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) containing a large body of new data and analysis on the threat landscape. This volume of the SIR includes: Latest industry vulnerability disclosure trends and analysis Latest data and analysis of global vulnerability...

Trending Security News This week security news stories focused on the LulzSec arrests and growing dissent among hackers with CNET reporting LulzSec arrests deal blow to hacker group and the New York Times reporting Arrests Sow Mistrust Inside a Clan of Hackers . The Times op-ed ran a story Tap into the...

Phishing is a method of credential theft that tricks Internet users into revealing sensitive information, such as personal or financial information, online. Phishers use phony websites or deceptive email messages that mimic trusted businesses and brands to steal sensitive information, such as user names...

Last week the White House released its National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security fact sheet. I found this to be a very important step forward in addressing one of the most complex challenges facing the United States, as well as, governments around the world. The strategy identifies twin goals...

The threat landscape in India has turned out to be more active than initially suspected. India has had a relatively low malware infection rate for some time, which seemed subdued for a region that has such a large high tech industry. But with the new data we recently released in the latest Microsoft...

A recent blog post I wrote entitled Determining the Geolocation of Systems Infected with Malware , focused on some of the interesting changes in regional malware infection rates that occurred when we started using IP geolocation in the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv11) . Figure...

For me, one of the most interesting new bits of data included in the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv11) is related to the methods we use to identify the geolocation of systems reporting malware infection data to us. Malware infection rate data for over a hundred locations is reported...

I recently visited Brussels, where the European Union has its main base of operations. I had the opportunity to talk to numerous people there about the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report containing data and insights on the cyber-threats Microsoft has observed specifically in the EU. Microsoft...

Well, this week was pretty lean compared to the plethora of Security topics written last week during RSA.  Still, I was able to find a few nuggets that are interesting or noteworthy.  I am continuing to see the trends that have emerged recently with respect to Cyber threat and stronger government...

(Computerworld)  A revised version of a cybersecurity bill first proposed last year was introduced again in the U.S. Senate today, notably without a controversial provision that would have given the President authority to disconnect networks from the Internet during a national emergency. The bill...