Microsoft Switzerland Security Blog
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Virtualization: What are the security risks?
Virtualization will become dominant in enterprises, but the security risks are fuzzy at best....
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/29/2008
EU: IP Addresses Are Personal Information
IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/29/2008
ISC2: HR given guide to info security skills
ISC2, the non-profit international body that educated and certifies information security...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/22/2008
Open-source projects certified as secure – huh?
From the Blog of Michael Howard: I really got a chuckle out of this news item, especially this line:...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/17/2008
Ignorance is no Excuse
After noted British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson took umbrage at the massive outcry...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/17/2008
VBootkit vs. Bitlocker in TPM mode
"So at HITB in Dubai this week - some researchers announced a proof of concept 'bootkit' for Vista....
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/15/2008
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide - Beta release now available
Every day, adversaries are attempting to invade our networks and access our servers, to bring them...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/15/2008
Security Vulnerability Research & Defense Blog on new patches
Detailed technical information about the latest updates released this month....
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/14/2008
Microsoft predicts more phishing, e-greeting scams
Phishing e-mails that contain a Trojan horse designed to infect users' computers will continue to...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/14/2008
Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for Sharepoint
Working together within different organizations and companies is always a big challenge. How can you...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/07/2008
Microsoft placed in Visionaries Quadrant in latest Gartner SSL VPN Magic Quadrant
On December 6, analyst firm Gartner Inc., announced that Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 01/07/2008
Using Autoplay on Vista To Stop Attacks (Islandhoping)
The technique of island hopping—penetrating a network through a weak link and then hopping around...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/30/2007
Tech Insight: Microsoft's IPSec and NAP/NAC
Windows' built-in security capabilities offer endpoint alternative to NAP/NACMicrosoft’s support of...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/29/2007
Microsoft Files Patent for HoneyMonkey Exploit Finder
Microsoft has filed a patent claim for the Strider HoneyMonkey malware/exploit detection system...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/29/2007
One-fifth of Windows apps go unpatched
Updates are available, but users haven't installed them, says Secunia. One in five applications...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/29/2007
Future Phishing
Forget the Nigerian prince. Phishing scams are moving beyond the misspelled, far-fetched ruses that...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/29/2007
US State Department issues Top 10 list of security threats for US businesses
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses faced varied threats in 2007 - including...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/29/2007
New Microsoft Security Vulnerability Research and Defense blog
The Security Vulnerability Research & Defense blog’s intent is to provide more information about...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2007
THE CABLE GUY: Network Policy Server
Nothing’s more critical to the health of your enterprise than a secure network, and Network Policy...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2007
A very long list of new Microsoft products for 2008...
Bink.nu has an extensive list of new software that Microsoft will be unleashing in the marketplace....
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Encryption (TechArticles)
Two interesting blogs found on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and encription: SQL Server 2008 Encryption...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/28/2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR / FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN UND EIN GUTES NEUES JAHR!
Yes, I know, another one of these posts... I'm not sure if this will be the last post of this year,...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/24/2007
Study: IT Pros More Concerned about Data Loss than Spam, Malware
Microsoft’s Forefront team has posted a new study conducted for Microsoft by CMG Market Research...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/21/2007
Consumers strongly prefer to buy from companies that have not suffered data leaks, losses or theft
Consumers strongly prefer to buy from companies that have not suffered data leaks, losses or theft,...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/21/2007
Survey Finds that 54% of Wireless Users Steal Wi-Fi Access
Security firm Sophos reported that 54% of wireless users interviewed have admitted to using someone...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/21/2007
Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge encryption passphrase
Interesting... also how that wouldbe handled outside of the US. A federal judge in Vermont has ruled...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/21/2007
Fewer patches != safer OS
Does one OS having fewer security patches than another operating system mean that the OS with the...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/17/2007
Ninety-five percent of e-mails sent in 2007 are junk
Barracuda Networks released its annual spam report, which shows between 90 to 95 percent of all...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/17/2007
Enterprise@Risk: 2007 Privacy & Data Protection Survey
Reportable and multiple privacy breaches rising at alarming rate! Personally identifiable...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/17/2007
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) Version 3.5 released
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) Version 3.5 is released on the...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/13/2007
Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 released
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/12/2007
Warning sounded over 'flirting robots' ;-)
Those entering online dating forums risk having more than their hearts stolen. A program that can...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/12/2007
End Users Flout Enterprise Security Policies
Separate studies show many users understand rules, but they break them anyway. According to the RSA...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/12/2007
Are criminal to criminal (C2C) networks making cyber crime too easy?
With the FBI's announcement of Operation Bot Roast II detailing the arrests of several bot-herders...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/12/2007
Windows Server 2008 Administrative Delegation Techniques
Ever since Microsoft released Windows 2000 way back when, the options for delegating certain tasks...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/10/2007
Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008 (updated)
I have already written about that, but now, Part 3 is available as...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/10/2007
Malvertising
Malvertising (malicious advertising) is a reasonably fresh take on an online criminal methodology...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/10/2007
US-CERT: IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK)
IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK)A Competency and Functional Framework for IT Security...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2007
Did Microsoft's Security Focus Hurt Vista Adoption?
Microsoft's emphasis on improvements to security features in Windows Vista may have undermined...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2007
FBI 'BOT ROAST II' Cracking Down on Cyber Crime
The FBI published a press release titled, "BOT ROAST II Cracking Down on Cyber Crime." This article...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2007
The next generation of security threats
This is part 3 in a series examining how Microsoft's security strategy has evolved over the past...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2007
Travelling a lot? 3 ways to protect your laptop on the road
The newest laptops are powerful, light, and thin enough to fit easily into the slenderest of...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/06/2007
MSRC 10-year anniversary series of Ina Frieds
This is part 1 in a series examining how Microsoft's security strategy has evolved over the past...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/05/2007
Microsoft Security Advisory (945713): Vulnerability in Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD)
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in the way Windows resolves...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/05/2007
Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis Report
Jeff Jones on his blog about the Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis Report: For...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/01/2007
The first year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since Microsoft released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista....
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 12/01/2007
German Proposal Gives A New Perspective On 'Spyware'
A VoIP expert has unveiled new proof-of-concept software that allows an attacker to monitor other...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/29/2007
Zero Days: How to protect yourself
The SANS Institute released its top 20 security risks for 2007, which documents the security arms...
Author: Microsoft Swiss Security Team Date: 11/29/2007