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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

Microsoft Malware Removal Starter Kit (2008-06)

Many small- and medium-sized organizations use antivirus software, and yet new viruses, worms, and other forms of malicious software (malware) continue to infect large numbers of computers in these Organizations. Malware proliferates at alarming speed Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 9:26 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Managing the Windows Vista Firewall

If you're an IT pro who is looking a bit more seriously at Windows Vista for your enterprise environment, you should take a close look at the firewall. Once you realize what the Windows Vista firewall can do, you may want to renegotiate the agreement Read More...
Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 1:58 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

New Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista

Run as Administrator for third-party scripting tools Run as Another User Prompt Here as System for CMD and Windows PowerShell Drag-and-drop Elevation Gadget http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc510320.aspx Urs Read More...
Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 1:47 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Advances in BitLocker Drive Encryption

What's new in Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 Bitlocker? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc510321.aspx Urs Read More...
Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 1:41 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

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

Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287

Back in February, Microsoft posted about the release of prerequisites for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. While several million customers installed the updates successfully, you may have read that a few customers experienced an endless reboot cycle while Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:01 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

New massive Botnet twice the size of Storm

A new botnet twice the size of Storm has ballooned to an army of over 400,000 bots, including machines in the Fortune 500, according to botnet researchers at Damballa. The so-called Kraken botnet has been spotted in at least 50 Fortune 500 companies and Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:54 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Black Hat: new operating systems security metric

At the Black Hat Security Conference currently taking place in Amsterdam, researchers from the Zurich ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) have reported a new model for determining the security of operating systems. They don't just count the number Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:37 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft scoops up rootkit finder Komoku

The start-up's rootkit detection technology will be added into Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and Forefront security products. http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9899808-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Urs Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:38 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

IBM: Apple Crumble @ Blackhat

In addition to my previous blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/ms_schweiz_security_blog/archive/2008/03/29/black-hat-who-patches-security-holes-faster-microsoft-or-apple.aspx From IBM Internet Security Systems: http://blogs.iss.net/archive/AppleCrumble.html Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:25 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Black Hat: Who patches security holes faster, Microsoft or Apple?

Apple's teasing commercials that imply its software is safer than Microsoft's may not quite match the facts, according to new research revealed at the Black Hat conference on Thursday. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology looked Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:21 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

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

A guide to basic computer forensics

While some investigations rely on highly trained professionals using expensive tools and complex techniques, there are easier, cheaper methods you can use for basic investigation and analysis. In this article, we will focus on computer forensic techniques Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:56 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

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
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