• Microsoft Expands Security Information Sharing Program to CERTs

    Today at the annual AusCERT Asia Pacific Information Technology Security Conference, Microsoft Corp. announced the extension of the Microsoft Security Cooperation Program (SCP) to include computer emergency response teams (CERTs), computer security incident...
  • Draft guidance for securing servers (NIST)

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comment on its draft guidelines for securing servers, released this week. NIST Special Publication 800-123, "Guide to General Server Security," makes recommendations for securing server...
  • Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits

    Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit software that hides itself in an obscure part of a computer's microprocessor, hidden from current antivirus products. Called a System Management Mode (SMM) rootkit, the software runs...
  • SQL Injection General Guidance

    There s a lot of noise arround currently ongoig SQL injection attacks and even if that is quite an "old" topic, there are still a lot of unprotected servers out in the cloud. This has nothing to do with vulnerabilities in the products (Webserver, database...
  • 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...