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Microsoft confirms IE10 will have “Do Not Track” on by default
When Microsoft released the preview of Internet Explorer 10 at the beginning of June and announced that in Windows 8 the browser will be sending a “Do Not Track” …
“Microsoft support” scammers still cold calling users
The old “Microsoft support center” scam is back. It is likely that it never went away, but lately the scammers have increased their efforts, targeting users again …
Hardening Windows processes
Didier Stevens is an IT security consultant working for a large financial corporation in Belgium. In this video recorded at Hack in The Box 2012 Amsterdam, Didier talks about …
Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0 released
Attack Surface Analyzer is the same tool used by Microsoft’s internal product teams to catalogue changes made to the operating system by the installation of new …
The dangers of Java and what to do about it
Since late 2010, Java exploits have become way more popular with hackers than the Adobe-related ones. The problem with Java is not so much in the newly discovered …
Microsoft Security Toolkit delivers new defensive technology
Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group today released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.5 Technology Preview, which includes new Return Oriented …
Encryption for Microsoft Office 365
CipherCloud unveiled CipherCloud for Office 365, a cloud encryption gateway that transparently encrypts all email message, calendar, and contact data stored in …
Introducing Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012, currently available as a Release Candidate, brings forward hundreds of new features and enhancements including cloud computing, networking, storage, …
VKernel announces integration support with Microsoft System Center 2012
VKernel released the integration compatibility between its vOPS Server product line and Microsoft System Center 2012. This integration adds capabilities to Microsoft System …
Microsoft revokes 28 of its code-signing certificates
The long awaited patch for the CVE-2012-1889 vulnerability that has been heavily exploited in the wild and the exploit for which has even been included in the Blackhole …
Microsoft releases nine security bulletins
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2012 contains nine security bulletins addressing 16 CVEs. Three of the bulletins are rated critical and the other six are …
Microsoft acquires Perceptive Pixel
Microsoft and Perceptive Pixel announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire PPI, a provider of multi-touch display …