Roger's Security Blog : April 2009

April 2009 - Posts

Why you should not use P2P Windows 7 Builds: This is not about piracy and not about leaks and not about… I am waiting for the new RC build as you are. I am running an intermediate build between Beta and RC and would love to upgrade all my machines (including my MediaCenter) to RC. However, I refrain Read More...
Posted 30 April 09 02:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Microsoft Products, Incidents
The Potential of Misinformation on the Web: I am blogging, I am on Twitter , I have a Facebook-Account and many others. I am not always completely clear what the real business model and value of all the tools are but basically there is a lot of fun in it. Additionally information flows much faster Read More...
Posted 29 April 09 01:55 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Incidents
2007 Microsoft Office Suite – Service Pack 2 released: Just a quick one. We released SP2 for Office 2007. You can download it here . Roger Read More...
Posted 28 April 09 07:24 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Microsoft Products
How much does a lost Laptop cost?: I stumbled upon this study today commissioned by Intel and executed by Ponemon. They key findings were: The average value of a lost laptop is $49,246. This value is based on seven cost components: replacement cost, detection, forensics, data breach, lost Read More...
Posted 27 April 09 02:14 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Security, Cybercrime, Incidents
The Carbon Footprint of Spam: McAfee just published an interesting report as they are taking a different approach on Spam. They were looking at the environmental impact of Spam. So, how much energy do we have to invest in order to fight spam? These are the key findings from their Read More...
Posted 25 April 09 09:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Security, Microsoft Products, Policy, Microsoft, Technology
RSA Keynote by Scott Charney, VP Trustworthy Computing: Scott held a keynote during RSA this week. Here you find the webcast (it is about 30 minutes) – definitely worth looking at: http://media.omediaweb.com/rsa2009/webcast_exclusive.htm?id=1_4 Roger Read More...
Posted 24 April 09 09:37 by rhalbh | 0 Comments
Finjan reports world's largest Botnet: digg_url = "http://blogs.technet.com/rhalbheer/archive/2009/04/24/finjan-reports-world-s-largest-botnet.aspx";digg_title = "Finjan reports world\'s largest Botnet";digg_bgcolor = "#555555";digg_skin = "normal"; digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor Read More...
Posted 24 April 09 11:45 by rhalbh | 0 Comments
Filed under Security, Cybercrime, Incidents
The Impact of the Downturn (part 2): Just a brief one: I wrote an article for Infosecurity which was just published in the latest version covering the economic downturn as well. It is called Time to Step Up and can be found on page 45 of the latest edition . Roger Read More...
Posted 23 April 09 10:45 by rhalbh | 1 Comments
Filed under Security, Processes
The Impact of the Downturn on Security: This is a question I often get asked: What is the impact of the economic downturn on security? I am convinced that three things will happen: Cybercrime will grow Security budgets will shrink – it is just open whether the budgets will shrink at the same Read More...
Posted 19 April 09 07:18 by rhalbh | 3 Comments
Schedule update on Forefront: You know that I am a big fan of what we are going to deliver with our Forefront Suite in the next version code-named Stirling. You probably heard me talking about compliance (where, from a technical perspective Forefront can play an integral part) and Read More...
Posted 13 April 09 04:14 by rhalbh | 0 Comments
Filed under Security, Microsoft Products, Processes
Update on Conficker Variants: Over the last few day we have seen a lot of coverage about new Conficker variants. Let me give you a very brief update. But before I start, let me make sure that we are clear on one thing. In the area of security, we often see coverage about somebody Read More...
Posted 11 April 09 10:16 by rhalbh | 3 Comments
Security Intelligence Report: “Scareware” on the Raise: You know that we release our Security Intelligence Report twice an year: Today Version 6 is due. Let me try to give you an overview of the “highlights” of the report from my point of view: As I wrote in the title and as I blogged about this summer ( „Scareware“ Read More...
Posted 08 April 09 08:50 by rhalbh | 2 Comments
Filed under Security, Cybercrime, Microsoft, Incidents, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Consumer
Security Updates on Automatic Update: I basically like the blogosphere. It is a way to express an opinion without having to worry (too much) about censorship. The disadvantage is that there are people who present things as “facts”, which are simply wrong. This happened Thursday on ZDNet. Read More...
Posted 04 April 09 12:57 by rhalbh | 2 Comments
Conficker – Are you infected?: I just found this pretty clever website which bases its statement with regards to your possible Conficker infection on the information whether you are able to access certain websites: http://www.joestewart.org/cfeyechart.html Pretty clever Roger Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 03:00 by rhalbh | 0 Comments
Filed under Incidents
Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks: Interesting: Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks Roger Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 09:28 by rhalbh | 2 Comments
Filed under Critical Infrastructure Protection
9 Cameroonians Arrested for Fraud: Since quite a while, when I am talking to government officials (and the private sector) I am asking for new ways of collaboration between Law Enforcement and the industry in order to fight cybercrime. We are already seeing big progress when it comes to Read More...
Posted 01 April 09 03:29 by rhalbh | 1 Comments

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