• A strong Password isn’t the strongest Security

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Microsoft Swiss Security Team}
    Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it — never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months... Yes, that's it? Or not? "Keeping a keylogger off your machine is about...

  • Microsoft Freshens Retro Code Lock-Down Tool

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Microsoft Swiss Security Team}
    Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities. Short for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, EMET version 2.0 brings several new protections...

  • Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 to manufacturers (RTM)

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Microsoft Swiss Security Team}
    Security relevant? Not sure... Fun? Definitely! Can't await mine... ;-) But to still give it a security touch, let's put this under 'Consumerization of IT'. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20015314-85.html?tag=mncol;1n -Urs

  • Microsoft Releases SDL Docs with Creative Commons License

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Microsoft Swiss Security Team}
    [PCMag] In the last several years, for the most part, Microsoft "got" the importance of security and took it to heart. One of the main points they got was that it was in their interest for all the software running on Windows systems (the Windows "ecosystem...

  • Anti-DoS Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 Hits Beta2

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Microsoft Swiss Security Team}
    Microsoft has made available for download the second Beta development milestone of an anti-DoS extension for version 7.0 of Internet Information Services [IIS]. The Microsoft Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 has reached Beta2 and is up for grabs via...