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IPTV & Malicious Websites - IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly (March)
The March edition of the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly has some...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/21/2007
Microsoft Security Awareness Kit
Well, I thought everyone has seen this announcement already - but I'm wrong! ;-)Because of too many...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/21/2007
Reverse Engineering Malware (Part 1-4)
Very cool and technical research on malware! Or, if you're lines of defense are too tight and you...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/21/2007
Notes On Vista Forensics
Good overview on Windows Vista's new (or improved) security features and the impact to forensic...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/21/2007
Smartcard Logon and integration of cryptography into the authentication process
A lot of requests about smart card based logon, certificate integration and Kerberos are currently...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/08/2007
Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista
Michael Howard and David LeBlanc just wrapped up another book: Writing Secure Code for Windows...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/07/2007
Why you should care about biometrics
"Biometrics can be described as either the study of biological measurements, or the use of those...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/02/2007
Utimaco Adds Support for Windows Vista BitLocker into SafeGuard Enterprise
Within the framework of the SecureIT Alliance, Microsoft invited Utimaco and other security partners...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/02/2007
The SecureNAT (SecureNET) Client Guide to the Universe
Very complete and interesting article about ISA Server SecureNET functionality from...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 03/02/2007
Windows Vista Bitlocker Preparation Tool for Enterprise Customers
With Windows Vista Ultimate you can download an Ultimate Extra, the Bitlocker Disk Preparation Tool...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/22/2007
WP: Behavioral Modeling of Social Engineering-Based Malicious Software
Ok, it's not brand new, but I want to share it with you anyway. I found it more or less by accident,...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/22/2007
Windows Vista and UAC prompts
Michael Howard has a funny entry on his blog that sounds really known to me, just the short excerpt...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
ISA Server 2006 Firewall Client advanced multi network feature
This very good article describes and explains a very common scenario that I've seen a cuple of times...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
ISA Server 2006 HTTP filter configuration (walk through)
A good introduction to the ISA Server 2006 HTTP application filter on the ISASERVER.ORG website:...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
Microsoft at RSA 2007
The link brings you to the Microsoft website covering the topics and highlights of our participation...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
Bill Gates on Secure Anywhere Access
Accordingly to his speech at RSA, Bill Gates has published a new memo, one that is very important...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
Bye, bye Roger and thank you!
As mentioned in his last blog entry, Roger will leave not only the Swiss MS team, he will also leave...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 02/08/2007
Time to say hello - and goodbye
Well, this is a strange day for me: Today in Bern we had the biggest launch ever in Microsoft's...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/30/2007
Security Features vs. Convenience
"One of the most basic conundrums in computer security is the constant trade-off between security...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/26/2007
Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide For Windows
A pretty interesting document in my opinion. The interesting thing is, we are stating that "this...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/23/2007
Evaluating Commercial Counter-Forensic Tools
This paper reviews the performance of six counter-forensic tools and highlight operational...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/19/2007
Comparing Java and .NET Security: Lessons Learned and Missed
Very interesting and an amazing result... ;-)Urs...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/16/2007
The Surprising Security Threat: Your Printers...
Networked printers — yes, printers — can open your corporate network to malicious attacks. They need...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/16/2007
Why Windows Vista is not affected by MS07-004
There is an extremely interesting short statement by Michael Howard regarding MS07-004: The coding...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/11/2007
Today's Update (or what happened to the missing ones)
There was quite some chatter about the "missing updates" for tonight and the question about what...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/09/2007
Microsoft Windows Vista Security Guide
It's there for a longer time, but I still get many requests about it's avaiability... So, here it...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/08/2007
Vista: A best practice guide on how to configure BitLocker
How to configure BitLocker and how to get BitLocker to rock in Windows Vista using best-practice...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/08/2007
Happy new year and thank you to our abiding readers!
We wish all our readers a happy new Year, all the best for 2007 and please stay with us! :-)And if...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/31/2006
First Line of Defense Against Data Security Breaches: Employees
A recent survey of the IT departments in 461 U.S. organizations conducted by the Ponemon Institute...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/30/2006
Online Security Sessions from TechEd IT Forum Available
See the TechEd/IT Forum security sessions online (Referenz: Michael...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2006
Microsoft sees botnets as top '07 Net threat
"Botnets are really where it's at for serious cybercriminals, because of their concentrated power,"...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2006
Controlling Communication with the Internet (Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista)
The Microsoft® Windows Vista™ operating system and the Windows® XP operating system with Service...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/22/2006
Jim Allchin on Windows Vista and protection from malware
Jim Allchins answer to the Sophos November report on Vista... Very interessting!...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/21/2006
Vista: Group Policy Settings Reference
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/15/2006
Buffer Overflows for Beginners (Whitepaper)
Not for begginers in C++, but as an example of how to produce/avoid vulnerable...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/15/2006
Vista: Multiple Local Group Policy Objects (MLGPO)
How to use and setup multiple local GPOs in...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/14/2006
Bitlocker on Vista - More than one partition!
On several occasions I stated the I expect that the Commandline-Interface of Bitlocker allows for...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/08/2006
Dynamic Execution Prevention
Back with Windows XP SP2 we introduced a feature called Dynamic Execution Prevention (DEP). A...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2006
How big is the risk of Cyberterrorism?
There are always different opinions regarding the size of the threat of Cyberterrorism. This is the...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/04/2006
Windows Vista - Crack is a Trojan
Wouldn't it be better to buy Windows Vista (did I tell you already that it rocks :-)?):...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/04/2006
Airport (In-)Security
Well, well. This is American airport security (it is probably the same all across the world): A...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/30/2006
There is no such thing like absolute security
Things to smile: Barbara Bush had purse stolen while guarded by Secret Service, papers say...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/22/2006
Interresting Business Model
Well, this is an interesting business model in order to appear a little bit less dark when selling...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/22/2006
Hackers plant virus on Website of China's largest bankcard operator
This is something that could happen pretty often - and has absolutely nothing to do with China. But...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/22/2006
Pictorial View of Identity Breaches
This is an excellent chart to show the most important Personal ID breaches over the last year - not...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/16/2006
VISTA IS DONE!!!!!
Just to let you know: A few hours a go, we RTMed Windows Vista!!! Looking forward to getting your...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/08/2006
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (H12006)
An in-depth perspective of trends in the malicious and potentially unwanted software landscape in...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/08/2006
US Customs to Access your Notebook Data
This week several articles hit the wire describing that US Customs is allowed to make you log on to...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/08/2006