Microsoft's forthcoming October security update will be another historic rollout.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2010
Microsoft will offer its consumer antimalware solution for Windows systems to small businesses on Thursday, Oct. 7 at no cost.
An out-of-band patch tries to catch hackers off-guard. Plus: Symantec looks more closely at Stuxnet; Twitter bug gives Microsoft the jitters.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/05/2010
When setting up directory services on a Windows network, it's truly all about the infrastructure.
Microsoft released an "important" patch to address an information disclosure security vulnerability associated with ASP.NET systems.
The Obama administration is poised to ask for new Internet regulations that could potentially open any and all electronic communication to scrutiny.
- By Michael Hardy
- 09/28/2010
Fix for ASP.NET flaw released. Plus: Symantec's reputation-based security rests on Ubiquity. Microsoft's consumer antivirus now being offered to SMBs.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/28/2010
Why mess with the default AD structure? Better security and organization are two reasons. Let's take a closer look.
Microsoft plans to release a patch on Tuesday for a security issue associated with ASP.NET systems.
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be free for small businesses to use "beginning in early October," Microsoft announced today.
Symantec alerts Microsoft Security Essentials users that "scareware" is out there. Plus: a potential flaw in ASP.NET; HTML5 security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/21/2010
Microsoft announced today that it plans to realign its Windows Embedded Business group to better connect with the company's management and security product lines.
Late on Monday, Microsoft published additional information about an ASP.NET flaw, which is now being exploited.
Internet Explorer 9, released on Wednesday in beta form, doesn't talk to strangers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/16/2010
IT pros can now get their hands on nine fixes for Windows systems, addressing 11 vulnerabilities.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/14/2010
Microsoft is heralding its newly released Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 2.0 as a fail-safe against hacker incursion methods.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/14/2010
A team of European researchers has demonstrated that commercial implementations of quantum key distribution (QKD) are subject to eavesdropping with off-the-shelf equipment.
- By William Jackson
- 09/13/2010
Security spending may have slowed, but it still outpaces spending in other segments.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/13/2010
In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, a hacker by the name of "Iraq resistence" has taken credit for the "Here You Have" e-mail virus and has stated the worm has "… affected NASA, Coca-Cola, Google and most American [companies]."
Microsoft marks 9 fixes in the ninth month. Plus: A zero-day PDF and (possibly one for IE8) flaw makes news.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/13/2010