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Researchers create automated signature compiler for exploit detection

February 25, 2015

A trio of researchers from Microsoft and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have created Kizzle, a compiler for generating signatures for detecting exploit kits delivering …

Windows 10 will offer password-free authentication

February 18, 2015

The upcoming Windows 10 will offer more authentication options instead of just passwords, Dustin Ingalls, Group Program Manager for Windows Security & Identity, has …

Attackers can bypass Windows’ protections by changing a single bit

February 12, 2015

Among the many vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched on Tuesday is one that can be exploited to bypass all Windows security measures by, curiously enough, modifying a single …

Microsoft fixes critical remotely exploitable Windows root-level design bug

February 10, 2015

In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released nine security bulletins to address 56 unique vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet …

Corporate users hit with fake Microsoft email delivering sneaky malware

February 10, 2015

A well-crafted and extremely legit-looking spam email campaign is currently targeting corporate users around the world, ultimately leading the victims to difficult-to-detect …

Analysis of 2014 Microsoft patch trend data

February 6, 2015

Tripwire announced an analysis of Microsoft patch data from 2014. “The 2014 data clearly shows that Microsoft is packing in more CVEs per bulletin in 2014,” said …

Outlook for iOS breaks company security, developer warns

February 2, 2015

One the same day that Microsoft released its new Outlook app for iOS, a developer has warned that it breaks corporate security in multiple ways. RenÃ© Winkelmeyer, Head of …

Supposedly clean Office documents download malware

January 27, 2015

Bitdefender is warning Microsoft Office users against the emergence of a new spam campaign that is looking to trick antispam filters in order to allow spam to pass freely into …

Microsoft releases Sysmon 2.0

January 21, 2015

Sysmon is a Windows system service and device driver that, once installed on a system, remains resident across system reboots to monitor and log system activity to the Windows …

January’s Patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era

January 14, 2015

Microsoft’s January 2015 patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era. It seems that Microsoft’s trend towards openness in security has reversed and the company that …

Unfazed by Microsoft’s criticism, Google discloses another Windows 8.1 flaw

January 13, 2015

Google apparently has no mercy for Microsoft’s developers, and is determined to stick to its 90-day deadline for fixing software flaws, as it publicly released details …

Microsoft scolds Google for lack of flexibility in vulnerability disclosure

January 12, 2015

Microsoft is not pleased with Google’s recent release of the details of a zero-day Windows 8.1 vulnerability and the code that can be used to exploit it, and has …