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Microsoft offers $250,000 prize for innovative security technology
Microsoft may not believe in bug bounties, but it’s not adverse to paying for knowledge when it comes to ingenious defensive solutions. The company’s Trustworthy …
Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for botnet information
Microsoft decided to extend their efforts to establish the identity of those responsible for controlling the Rustock botnet by issuing a $250,000 reward for new information …
New Hotmail security features against account hijacking
Microsoft has decided to introduce two new security features for its web-based Hotmail service, in the hope that this will make the accounts more difficult to hijack and …
Mitigating software vulnerabilities
Microsoft released a new whitepaper that describes how exploit mitigation technologies can help reduce or eliminate risk, prevent attacks and minimize operational disruption …
Microsoft releases new preview of SQL Server “Denali”
Microsoft released the next public CTP of Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” packed with Business Intelligence (BI) improvements and innovations for relational …
Microsoft fixes 22 vulnerabilities
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 4 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office. Amol Sarwate, Vulnerability Labs Manager for Qualys, …
Solution for Popureb rootkit infection
Bootkits are kernel-mode rootkit variants that hide in the computer’s master boot record (MBR) and are notoriously difficult to spot and, sometimes, to eradicate. …
Portable Microsoft endpoint for secure cloud computing
SPYRUS announced Secure Pocket Drive, the first and only licensed device that boots Microsoft’s mobile, flagship operating system, Windows Embedded Standard 7, from an …
New book: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit
Fully updated for Windows Server 2008, this 2-in-1 Training Kit delivers in-depth exam prep, including self-paced lessons, exercises, and review, practice tests on CD, and an …
Microsoft investigates emerging Internet phone scam
An Internet scam that targets English-language markets and costs victims on average $875, according to Microsoft. The scam works by criminals posing as computer security …
Microsoft patches Office Mac 2008 and 2011
Microsoft released update 12.3.0 for Office Mac 2008 and update 14.1.2 for Office Mac 2011. Both updates contains several changes that improve security, stability, and …
Rustock still down, Microsoft pursues the botherders
Microsoft believes that the individuals behind the (still crippled) Rustock botnets are located in Russia, so it placed advertisements in the The Moscow News and the Delovoy …