New attack vectors and methods for hacker intrusion, it seems, are popping up every few months.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/23/2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been released to manufacturing, according to a post on Microsoft TechNet.
Microsoft revealed "Albany," a consumer-oriented hosted service that provides Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications, plus security and collaboration tools.
The PCI Security Standards Council this week announced plans to issue new guidelines that it hopes will give transaction application developers and security specialists a clear direction to the path of least resistance when it comes to assessing risks surrounding customer and vendor data -- most notably, credit card and payment information.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/18/2008
Security personnel in Redmond are investigating a newly reported zero-day bug vulnerability in Microsoft operating systems and server systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/18/2008
Hundreds of executives at some of America's most well-known companies received e-mails that they probably didn't want to get -- even if those messages weren't a hoax.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/18/2008
As of yesterday, Vista Service Pack 1 is now generally available in all 36 supported languages.
Rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will appear this month continue to flourish.
How much security you need in Vista and Windows Server 2008 depends on where you're connecting. Choose carefully.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/14/2008
Windows processing environments put themselves at risk whenever they check their MySpace pages or shop for other goods and services -- all while at the workplace.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/10/2008
Microsoft's automated security suite for home users and small businesses is available for testing from the Microsoft Connect Web site.
Art Coviello kicked off RSA Conference 2008, his company's namesake information security conference, yesterday (April 8) in San Francisco with a warning.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/09/2008
Alleged insider trader might have case dismissed on hackneyed technicalit. Plus, China invades South Korea; Canadian phishing expedition goes global; more.
Microsoft rolled out five "critical" and three "important" patches for Windows Server 2008, Vista, Office, IE and other software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2008
If the traditional notion of infrastructure-based perimeter security is not yet dead, it's not for lack of effort by keynote speakers at this week's RSA Security conference.
- By William Jackson
- 04/08/2008
Microsoft's released a public beta version of an integrated security solution, code-named "Stirling."
You know where I stand on Vista, so let's look at three horrible misconceptions about the OS.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/07/2008
Microsoft reported today that it has fixed a problem that caused some users upgrading to Vista Service Pack 1 to enter "an endless reboot cycle."
Redmond is poised to release eight security bulletins for its April patch release, with five designated as "critical" and three deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/03/2008
Microsoft unveiled three additions to its mobile product lines at the CTIA Wireless 2008 event today, with much of the emphasis being placed on enabling custom mobile solutions for the enterprise.