Rarely (if ever- I’ll have to do some research and find out) does Microsoft have 2 back-to-back months of Security Bulletin floods. This month was no exception. In August, Microsoft released 9 Security Bulletins, 6 of which were deemed Critical. For September though, Microsoft was kind and there...
Depending on the activities you engage in and the sites you visit, you can get some questionable, or sometimes outright malicious stuff installed on your computer. When you have a PC for your kids, or if you are sharing a PC with your kids, this can be an even bigger problem. Windows XP and Vista [....
With Vista, Microsoft introduced a new security concept to help protect your computer. Rather than relying on discretionary controls, like NTFS file and folder permissions which users can assign and change, Vista also has new mandatory controls. WIC, or Windows Integrity Control (also referred to as...
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With Windows Vista set to be unleashed on the consumer market in about a week, there is going to be a need for security and antivirus products. Although Vista is the most secure version of the Windows operating system yet, that doesn't mean it is impenetrable. Users still need to take basic security...
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01-24-2007
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If you wanted to test the security of your headquarters housed in a volcanic crater on a remote island, who better to check it out than James Bond? Microsoft apparently used similar logic to validate and test the security measures built in to the new Vista operating system. According to a report at the...
Companies understand the importance of data. Hardware and software can be replaced, but lost data can't. Those companies that don't truly understand the value of consistently backing up critical data are probably mandated to do so anyway by one of the various regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes...
Less than a month from its official release to corporate customers, a vulnerability was already discovered that affects Vista. According to Microsoft and others, the vulnerability can only be exploited if an attacker already has access to the system, meaning they would need to be physically sitting in...
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Microsoft continues to make security a priority and a primary development focus, but being a priority focus is not a guarantee of perfection. Windows Vista is still in Beta testing, but it was found that two of the patches released with the August Security Bulletins also affect Vista. Microsoft created...
Update : Due to the completion of the beta program, the nominations are not longer accepted. Please nominate yourself at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/beta/preregister.mspx for the next change to participate. Beta 2 should be open to public in the end of summer. I will be deleting all...