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Internet Explorer 8 (beta2) released

Last week Microsoft released IE8 Beta2, the faster, easier and safer successor of the existing Internet Explorer. As there are a lot of changes (new default settings, new support for standards, new features), it's definitely woth to try and test IE8. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:17 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Consumer, Developer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, OS, Security, Trends, Windows

Microsoft calls for talks on Internet trust, safety

Microsoft today called for broad discussions about the safety of the Internet in an initiative it dubbed "End to End Trust" in a white paper released during the RSA Conference that opened today in San Francisco. In a keynote address at the security conference, Read More...

Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:16 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Developer, Email, Enterprise, Identity Management, IE, Microsoft, NAP IPSEC, Network, OS, PKI, Policy, Remote Access, Security, Strategy, Trends, Virtualization, WiFi, Windows

Sun and Apple Updates – A Sheer Nuisance!!

From Roger's blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/rhalbheer/archive/2008/03/19/sun-and-apple-update-a-sheer-nuisance.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/rhalbheer/archive/2008/03/25/sun-and-apple-updates-a-sheer-nuisance-part-2.aspx Well, a little bit in the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:43 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Consumer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, OS, Security, Windows

Anatomy of a SQL Injection Incident

Blog Posting from Neil Carpenter: "A number of people are reporting that 10K+ Web sites have been hacked via a SQL injection attack that injected a link to a malicious .js file into text fields in their database. Since the CSS Security team here at Microsoft Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:06 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Developer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Network, Security, Windows

Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit

We just made Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 available. This could be important if you are developing web applications or just if you are curious! :-) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm See also: http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=388331 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:19 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Consumer, Developer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Security, Windows

Study: Consumers Don't Use Anti-Phishing Defenses

"Across the globe, Windows Internet Explorer 7 has more than 100 million users seeing green," VeriSign said in a press release about Extended Validation SSL technology earlier this month. About 5,000 sites are using the new technology, which gives users Read More...

Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 10:11 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, OS, Security, Survey, Trends, Windows

Security for the youngest internet users - Security4Kids

Have you ever heard about www.security4kids.ch ? If not, visiting the site should be one of your tasks for today! Especially if you’ve got children aged 7-15 yourself. But let’s go back to the beginning. The website www.security4kids.ch (in German and Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:47 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Email, IE, Microsoft, OS, Security, Trends, Windows, Backup

Minimizing User Rights Can Increase Security

Taking a least-privilege approach to user accounts is a key part of any in-depth defense strategy, many analysts and security pros say. "I think it's very important … not even just as [a component] of security, but in the broader sense [of] risk posed Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:42 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Developer, Email, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Office, OS, Policy, Security, Strategy, Trends, Windows

New Microsoft Security Vulnerability Research and Defense blog

The Security Vulnerability Research & Defense blog’s intent is to provide more information about Microsoft vulnerabilities, mitigations and workarounds, and active attacks. http://blogs.technet.com/swi/ Urs Read More...

Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 11:21 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Developer, Email, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Office, OS, PKI, Policy, Security, SQL, WiFi, Windows, Backup

A very long list of new Microsoft products for 2008...

Bink.nu has an extensive list of new software that Microsoft will be unleashing in the marketplace. See yourself: http://blogs.technet.com/tarpara/archive/2007/12/25/microsoft-s-new-year-is-gonna-bring-a-lot-of-change.aspx Urs Read More...

Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 11:13 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Filed under: Antivirus, Consumer, Developer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Office, OS, Security, SQL, Strategy, Trends, Windows

Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis Report

Jeff Jones on his blog about the Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis Report: For most people, their web browser is central to their interaction with the Internet, connecting to global web sites and helping them consume online services Read More...

Posted Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:50 AM by chsecblo | 2 Comments

Filed under: Consumer, Enterprise, IE, Microsoft, Security

The first year of IE7

It’s been a little over a year since Microsoft released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista. According to internal Microsoft research based on data from Visual Sciences Corporation, there are over 300 million users are experiencing the web with IE7. Read More...

Posted Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:46 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments