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If you are a software developer and you are interested in making sure that your application is robust and secure, this is a MUST see & utilize resource! The Microsoft PAG ( patterns & practices ) folks have put online a resource that provides...
Announced by Steve Ballmer at Tech-Ed today and now live on www.microsoft.com : Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Final release of WSUS went live today. Microsoft Update (MU): Microsoft Update replaces Windows Update. In addition to Windows XP, MU...
Customers will be interested in Windows Server 2003 SP1 as regards security for the following reasons: - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 is a unique service pack that provides customers with significant security enhancements and reliability and performance...
Also announced at RSA today - a consumer version of Windows Anti-Spyware will be available to licensed Windows customers at no charge: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/feb05/02-15RSA05KeynotePR.asp
Today at the RSA conference, Bill Gates announced a new version of IE to be called Internet Explorer 7 will be released for Windows XP SP2 customers. This new version will build on the work done on IE for SP2 around security. We are targeting a beta release...
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...
As with Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 will focus heavily on security. Here are the top 10 reasons to apply the update: Reduce your servers attack surface. Security Configuration Wizard (SCW), one of the new features added to Windows Server 2003...
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...
We will now be giving customers advanced notice of upcoming security bulletins three business days before the expected release. Details: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/news/bulletinadvance.mspx
Every month I moderate a chat for Mike Nash who is the VP of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit. Unfortunately Mike cannot attend the chat today as he is visiting with customers but corporate VP Rich Kaplan, also of the Security Business...
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...
Share your insights about security with Mike Nash, Vice President for the Microsoft Security Business Unit, and his team of security experts in a candid Q&A session. Ask your tough questions! Tell us what is going well and what needs improvement on September...
On Friday August 6th, we released Windows XP Service Pack 2 to manufacturing. On-line distribution will be the primary distribution vehicle for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and below is a summary of the key milestones of the distribution plan: 8/6 Release...
13 July 2004 Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletins. Note: www.microsoft.com/technet/security and www.microsoft.com/security are authoritative in all matters concerning Microsoft Security Bulletins! ANY e-mail, web board or newsgroup...
Microsoft has released a configuration change that addresses the recent malicious attack against Internet Explorer known as Download.Ject. In addition, Microsoft has released a Knowledge Base article, 870669, that provides information that administrators...
What You Should Know About Download.Ject Published: June 24, 2004 | Updated June 25, 2004 12:35 A.M. Pacific Time Microsoft teams are investigating a report of a security issue affecting customers using Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS...
SP2 RC2 is now available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx You don't have to uninstall RC1 if you are running that but that might make for a cleaner install of RC2.
Join me tomorrow (Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:00am Pacific/12:00pm Eastern) in our monthly security chat with Mike Nash. Chat room: http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000081 Add to calendar: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads...
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