The Global Cyber War from MentalWardPublishing.com presented free by McGuinnessPublishing.com
Speaking at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), COO Kevin Turner told attendees that Microsoft’s archrival Apple is now No. 1 in software vulnerabilities, with database rival Oracle in the No. 2 spot. It’s a tantalizing claim and good marketing for Microsoft, but does it point to deeper truths about the challenges Microsoft faces?
I’m not [...] Read more »
Fairly or not, the name Microsoft has become synonymous with insecure in some circles of the IT world. In a move that screams “we care about your security — really!” the company has teamed up with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) and other private and public groups to create Internet Fraud Alert (IFA), [...] Read more »
Google engineer Tavis Ormandy, a bug hunter known for finding kernel-level operating system coding errors, has released details about a serious zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP that could leave an open hole for a remote attacker.
The flaw is contained in the Windows Help and Support Center, a Web-based feature providing technical support to end users. [...] Read more »
Microsoft silently patched three vulnerabilities last month, two of them affecting enterprise mission-critical Exchange mail servers, without calling out the bugs in the accompanying advisories, a security expert said today.
Two of the three unannounced vulnerabilities, and the most serious of the trio, were packaged with MS10-024 , an update to Exchange and Windows SMTP Service [...] Read more »
Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7.
The attack was first spotted by BitDefender on Sunday and is not yet widespread; the antivirus vendor is receiving reports of about three installs per hour from its users in the U.S. But because the [...] Read more »
Microsoft is scrambling to fix a bug in its SharePoint 2007 groupware after a Swiss firm abruptly released code that could be used in an attack.
The proof-of-concept code was released Wednesday, just over two weeks after security consultancy High-Tech Bridge says it disclosed the issue to Microsoft on April 12.
Although Microsoft hasn’t said much about [...] Read more »
A critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Windows Media Services will remain unfixed until Microsoft re-releases a patch for it, the company said on Friday.
A patch for the hole, which could allow an attacker to take control of a system, was released during Patch Tuesday last week. However, Microsoft pulled the patch this [...] Read more »
Microsoft confirmed today that a security update for its Excel spreadsheet had turned English text in an important Windows tool into Chinese.
The admission was the second in the past days from Microsoft’s Office team of a gaffe involving a recent security update.
Friday’s announcement involved the seven-patch update Microsoft shipped on Tuesday for Excel. “We have [...] Read more »
Windows users need to patch their systems an average of every five days to stay ahead of security vulnerabilities, according to a study this week.
The numbers come from a company called Secunia which just happens to be developing an all-in-one patching tool to reduce update headaches for consumers.
Stats from the two million existing users of [...] Read more »
Microsoft has warned Windows users to be on their guard against a piece of rogue antivirus software passing itself off as Microsoft Security Essentials.
Security essentials 2010 is a piece of software Microsoft said installs a fake virus scanner on your machine and monitors and blocks processes it doesn’t like.
The software will also block access to [...] Read more »
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