Microsoft released Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 to manufacturers on Monday.
Plus: hackers try to bypass Windows 7's WAT; Internet Explorer attack can hurt the kernel.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/17/2009
Microsoft is continuing to investigate holes in its Server Message Block file-sharing protocol used in Windows.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/16/2009
DNSSEC adoption is accelerating, but this good news is offset by the growing number of unmanaged embedded name servers.
- By William Jackson
- 11/16/2009
Microsoft and Sophos are at it again, this time arguing about Windows 7's user account control feature.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2009
Microsoft's efforts on combating server-side Web vulnerabilities, as well as patching its Internet Explorer client, may be paying off.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2009
Thirteen leading technology companies including Microsoft have joined with Lockheed Martin to form a new cybersecurity technology alliance.
Someone spilled hot COFEE, otherwise known as Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor.
November just gets patchier and patchier. Plus: Exchange 2010 gets a security component; vendors tackle absentee security; more.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/10/2009
An organization's security has a lot to do with its E-mail system, a top security official at Microsoft suggested.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/10/2009
The sharp decline in spam volumes that attended last November's shutdown of the notorious McColo hosting provider seems to have come to an end.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 11/10/2009
Security experts say that threats to personal data are evolving faster than our responses to them.
- By William Jackson
- 11/09/2009
Security experts commented on Version 7 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, which was announced this week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/06/2009
After a record-breaking Patch Tuesday in October, November's security update promises to be a bit lighter with six scheduled fixes, three deemed "critical" and three "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/05/2009
Microsoft wants you to know that even as you read this article, "people around the world are hunting for vulnerabilities in software applications."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/29/2009
For some, the move to the new OS from Vista is taking a little longer than expected. Plus: Microsoft reaches for cloud compliance; lazy hackers hit clickjackpot.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2009
Repeated spikes of viruses that are not being detected by major anti-virus engines were observed during the last quarter, apparently the result of hit-and-run tactics by virus writers.
- By William Jackson
- 10/23/2009
Microsoft's new OS made its debut today, but MCPmag.com readers have had it installed and tested. Here's what they think.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/22/2009
An independent security researcher and a prominent figure in open source exploit data collection now has a new commercial home.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/21/2009
Microsoft is responding to problems with a fix for Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/21/2009