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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

Windows Server 2008 Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

RSAT is the collection of Windows Server 2008 management tools which enable IT professionals to manage their Windows Server infrastructure from their PCs running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1. Where to Install: • Microsoft Remote Server Administration Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:59 PM 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

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

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

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

Microsoft buys U-Prove technology

Microsoft Corp. hopes to beef up online privacy with the acquisition of the U-Prove technology, the company announced on Thursday. U-Prove was developed by Stefan Brands at Credentica Inc. to allow Internet users to disclose only the minimum amount of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:13 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem

Michael Howard on SDL and the need for it; comments onJeff Jones blogs. See SDL blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/02/21/the-first-step-on-the-road-to-more-secure-software-is-admitting-you-have-a-problem.aspx Urs Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:45 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Introducing SAFECode [Michael Howard]

SAFECode, the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code, introduced its first white paper, "Software Assurance: An Overview of Current Industry Best Practices." The organization was founded by Microsoft, Symantec, EMC, SAP and Juniper to advance Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:15 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

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

Microsoft adds new Anti-Exploit APIs into Windows

Microsoft has announced plans to add new anti-exploitation APIs into Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008 as part of a larger plan to secure the Windows ecosystem. According to Michael Howard, a senior program manager in Microsoft's Read More...
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 1:28 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

VBootkit vs. Bitlocker in TPM mode

"So at HITB in Dubai this week - some researchers announced a proof of concept 'bootkit' for Vista. A bootkit is a rootkit that is able to load from a master boot record and persist in memory all the way through the transition to protected mode and the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:51 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

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

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
 
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