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Here is a technology a lot of people are interested in... Overview Shared computers are commonly found in schools, libraries, Internet and gaming cafés, community centers, and other locations. Often, non-technical personnel are asked to manage shared...
IE 7.0 will have Anti-Phishing built in and this capability will be added to the MSN toolbar as well. This white paper describes the basic workings of this technology. From what I've seen, this will be a great addition for customers. Download the white...
Sometimes after releasing a security update we hear of customers having issues. The only way we can validate those issues is to work directly with the folks that are having the problem. Once we find a problem we can then develop a solution. In other words...
Starting from January 11th, 2005, Microsoft will provide Windows customers with Malicious Software Removal Tools. New versions of these tools will be available monthly (second Tuesday of every month on the same schedule that Microsoft already delivers...
This alert is to make you aware of the public availability of a beta version of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware. This beta version is available at the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Support for...
An investigation is underway regarding reports of a security issue with the WINS service (Windows Internet Name Service). We have released the following KB article describing ways to mitigate: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;890710...
To make it as easy as possible for customers to maintain the security and stability of their Windows 2000 systems, Microsoft will produce an Update Rollup for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4), with a planned release in mid-2005. Here's the announcement...
Microsoft continues to be committed to building software and services that will help better protect our customers and the industry. Because there is no one solution, our approach to security includes technology innovations to improve the ability to isolate...
At Microsoft, we are making new efforts to educate end users on computer security. Moreover, our web site has been reorganized in a way to make it easier for this audience to find information that should make more sense to them. All the information has...
Sender ID Framework Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=81682a25-a628-4771-8481-5cb9ffddffe8 Overview of the Sender ID Framework, including the use of text files using the revised Sender Policy Framework (SPF) format, Purported...
Microsoft is currently investigating a reported vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server and view secured content without providing the proper credentials. This reported vulnerability exists in...
I haven't seen a lot of talk about this recently but I recall several months or even a year or so ago that this was a hot topic with all of the new USB flash drives hitting the market. I had some conversations with MVPs and members of the product teams...
As you may or may not know, we have implemented a method that will allow corporations to block their systems from downloading SP2 from either Windows Update or Automatic Update. See the following link for details: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol...
Stephen is a program manager on the Microsoft Security Response Center team. Watch his video interview on Channel 9 to get a first hand look at how the MSRC works: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=19449
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/06/21/161789.aspx
At Microsoft, we have developed what we call the STRIDE model for categorizing software threats. These are used in security bulletins to describe the nature of a security vulnerability. Here is a summary of the model: Term Definition Spoofing identity...
Windows XP SP2 has a cool new wireless network setup wizard to help end users set up secure wireless in their homes. The wizard saves configuration information to a USB flash drive that can be carried to each wireless machine for setup. You can read The...
Situation As part of its “defense in depth” security strategy, Microsoft IT wanted to isolate their managed computers from unmanaged (and untrusted) computers. If trusted computers could be made to ignore requests from these untrusted computers...
There are a few free online AV scanners out there. They are all really helpful when you are trying to help a friend or family member with a virus issue and they don't have any AV on their machine. Feel free to post your favorite as feedback to this post...
This is really cool: Overview This book discusses how, when using S/MIME, encryption protects the contents of e-mail messages and digital signatures verify the identity of a purported sender of an e-mail message. In addition, this book provides guidance...
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