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For the past few days I've been following the Microsoft Video Control Vulnerability with interest. Basically, it's another vulnerable ActiveX control that needs killbitted. Last night, Microsoft posted a work-around which involves using a Group...
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Today I attended the Microsoft 2008 server wave launch event in Seattle. In the process I learned a number of things: The launch event apparently does not need to coincide with actually launching anything. Server 2008 launched a couple of months ago....
Last Friday the last of the Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit finally went to press! This was a project I had not really planned and so, to complete it in time, I brought in an amazing crew of co-authors. Together, we managed to put together 17...
Even having used Internet Explorer 7 for about 18 months, I just discovered something new. IE has a hidden status bar, with four security-related buttons on it: Right next to where the zone is shown are a series of six boxes. I always figured it was some...
On January 23, Jeff Jones, Director of Security at Microsoft, published his "One Year Vulnerability Report" for Windows Vista. In the report, he analyzed whether Windows Vista had fewer vulnerabilities in its first year than it's predecessor...
The January issue of TechNet Magazine has an article I wrote about how to hack a system using autoplaying USB flash drives. While it is not possible to stop all attacks from USB tokens, Vista does include some interesting protective measures. However...
For the third time in a week someone asked the question "If I want to use BitLocker with a Trusted Platforms Module (TPM), which computer should I get?" Wonderful question. For some reason, the hardvare vendors seem to treat the TPM chip as...