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Microsoft to release nine bulletins
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2012 contains nine bulletins, with three listed as “critical” and six listed as …
Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition
Get in-depth technical information to put IPv6 technology to work—including networks with hardware running Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Written by a networking expert, …
Microsoft names alleged Zeus bot herders
When Microsoft disrupted two of the most harmful botnets using Zeus malware in March, they also filed a lawsuit at the federal district court in New York against the bot …
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals
Get started with the fundamentals of Transact-SQL and learn how to write efficient and powerful database queries. With this hands-on guide, you’ll gain a solid …
Windows 8 marks the beginning of the WinRT era
Windows 8 marks the beginning of the new WinRT (Windows Runtime) computing era and the beginning of the end of the WinNT era, according to Gartner. The combination of the …
Microsoft survey exposes online bullying threat
More than half (54 percent) of children around the world worry about being bullied online, according to a new global survey released today by Microsoft. Conducted in 25 …
Splunk App for Active Directory released
Splunk announced the Splunk App for Active Directory which helps enable organizations to avoid service outages and provides proactive management and compliance reporting of …
Windows 8 will be harder to exploit
A lot of things have already been revealed about the security features of the upcoming Windows 8: there will be a picture password sign in option; a built-in antivirus …
HP secures the mobile workforce
HP announced new offerings to help SMBs prepare their technology infrastructures for a growing mobile workforce. With more than 1.1 billion mobile appliances in use worldwide, …
Compromised website serving “state-sponsored” 0-day exploit
The still unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) that allows attackers to gain the same user rights as the logged on user and execute malicious …
Unpatched Microsoft flaw actively exploited in the wild
When Microsoft released a security advisory detailing a critical flaw in Microsoft XML Core Services and its corresponding “Fix it” mitigation solution last week, …
US-CERT warns of Intel CPU flaw
A flaw in Intel chips leaves users of a number or x64-based operating systems vulnerable to system hijacking, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns. “Some …