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March 2007 - Posts

Windows Vista - 90-days vulnerability report

February 28 th marked 90 days that Windows Vista had been available to business customers. December brought the first public disclosure of a vulnerability and February brought the first Security Bulletin affecting Windows Vista. Has it been a good or Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:19 AM by chsecblo | 2 Comments

IPTV & Malicious Websites - IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly (March)

The March edition of the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly has some interesting information on: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Modern Profile of the Malicious Web site http://www.iss.net/documents/x-force_monthly_reports/ISS_XFTIM_Mar07.pdf Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:28 PM by chsecblo | 65 Comments

Microsoft Security Awareness Kit

Well, I thought everyone has seen this announcement already - but I'm wrong! ;-) Because of too many questions, here it is again: Your last line of defense is: Well, the user. In order to help you to address this, we published a Security Awareness Kit Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:08 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Reverse Engineering Malware (Part 1-4)

Very cool and technical research on malware! Or, if you're lines of defense are too tight and you haven't seen malware applications lately, a very good explanation on how these applications work. ;-) http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Reverse-Engineering-Malware-Part1.html Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:01 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Notes On Vista Forensics

Good overview on Windows Vista's new (or improved) security features and the impact to forensic work... Notes On Vista Forensics, Part One by Jamie Morris http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1889?ref=rss Urs Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:56 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Smartcard Logon and integration of cryptography into the authentication process

A lot of requests about smart card based logon, certificate integration and Kerberos are currently coming in; I don't know if it is mainly because many customers are thinking about strong authentication anyway or because they see this as a good opportunity Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:26 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista

Michael Howard and David LeBlanc just wrapped up another book: Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista . (ISBN: 9780735623934, ISBN-10: 0-7356-2393-7.) ( It should be available around mid-April 2007.) It’s a short book, around 230pp, and covers many of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:06 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Why you should care about biometrics

"Biometrics can be described as either the study of biological measurements, or the use of those measurements to identify people or verify them. Voice, fingerprints, hand geometry, face, signature, iris and gait can all be measured and used for identification Read More...
Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 9:58 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Utimaco Adds Support for Windows Vista BitLocker into SafeGuard Enterprise

Within the framework of the SecureIT Alliance, Microsoft invited Utimaco and other security partners to work with the Windows Vista product team to advance the capabilities of Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption by offering centralized policy based management Read More...
Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 9:49 AM by chsecblo | 3 Comments

The SecureNAT (SecureNET) Client Guide to the Universe

Very complete and interesting article about ISA Server SecureNET functionality from ISAserver.org: http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/SecureNAT-SecureNET-Client-Guide-Universe.html Urs Read More...
Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 9:31 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
 
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