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Free Microsoft Security Tool Locks Down Buggy Apps (EMET)

EMET, short for Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit, allows developers and administrators to add specific security protections to applications. Unlike mitigations released in the past, EMET doesn't require programs to be recompiled, so it can be used Read More...
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 10:48 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Where in the World do Viruses come from?

The U.S. continues to dominate as the main source of the world's viruses, producing 15.9 percent of all viruses. It is followed closely by Brazil, which produces 14.5 percent (similar levels to last month's 14.1 percent). You can see more about virus Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:19 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft SDL team releases new security tools

The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) team at Microsoft released two security testing tools. BinScope Binary Analyzer BinScope is a Microsoft verification tool that analyzes binaries on a project-wide level to ensure that they have been built in compliance Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:08 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Top 100 Virus-Infected Web Sites Exposed

Simply visiting one of the "Top 100 Dirtiest" Web sites - without downloading or even clicking anything - could expose your computer to infection and put your personal information into the hands of criminals, anti-virus software company Norton Symantec Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:44 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

New Attack Cracks Common Wi-Fi Encryption in a Minute

Computer scientists in Japan say they've developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. Last November, security researchers first showed how WPA could be broken, but the Japanese researchers have taken Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:35 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Introduction to Malware Analysis — Free Webcast

From Lenny Zeltser: "My popular malware analysis course has helped IT administrators, security professionals, and malware specialists fight malicious code in their organizations. In this free webcast, I introduce the process of reverse-engineering malicious Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:29 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Windows 7 and Security

As Windows 7 is not too far away and as many are allready using or testing Windows 7, here a list of interesting documentation: What's New in Windows 7 for IT Pros (Beta) http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/dd349334(en-us).aspx Windows 7 Security Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:38 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Top 9 Dirty Tricks Scammers Use

What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is the criminal art of scamming a person into doing something or divulging sensitive information. These days, there are thousands of ways for Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:51 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Conficker Advisories

Microsoft Conficker guidance page for IT Professionals and those focused on security in the enterprise: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dd452420.aspx Microsoft Conficker guidance page for consumers and home users: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 12:01 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Slow And Silent Targeted Attacks On The Rise

And another one in the same direction: The most determined cyber criminals don't necessarily work fast when they breach a network, and their infiltration is often silent and undetectable. But it's this brand of "low and slow" targeted attack that can Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 11:42 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Trojans Dominated Malware Threats in Dec. '08

Sunbelt Software has released its monthly data dump that charts the most commonly observed malware and spyware threats, and, as has been the case for a good while, trojan attacks continued to lead the way across the Top Ten rankings during Dec. 2008. Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 11:33 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Internet Explorer security levels compared

As a couple of people are looking at their IE currently, I found some interesting information on Steve Riley’s Technet blog: "A pretty good question came across the newsgroups the other day. Someone was asking what are the differences between IE's "medium" Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:05 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Security Advisory 961051 - More information

Microsoft revised the Workarounds section of Security Advisory 961051. The Security Vulnerability Research & Defense team wanted to share more detail about the vulnerability and explains the additional workarounds here to help you protect your computers: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:58 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

New Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Programs

As part of its commitment to make the SDL more accessible to every developer, Microsoft is delivering three new programs and tools: discover the Microsoft SDL Pro Network, the Microsoft SDL Optimization Model, and the Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool Read More...
Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 1:14 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool v.3.5 (2008-06)

The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is a free tool designed to help organizations like yours assess weaknesses in your current IT security environment, reveal a prioritized list of issues, and help provide specific guidance to minimize those Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 9:29 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments
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