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Selectively re-using bad passwords is not a bad idea, researchers say
For all the repeated advice to use different, complex password for each online account, users are still opting for easy-to-guess, short ones and use them repeatedly across …
Active Directory flaw impacts 95% of Fortune 1000 companies
Aorato identified a new threatening flaw within Active Directory that enables attackers to change a victim’s password, despite current security and identity theft …
Light Patch Tuesday fixes six issues, two critical
Microsoft has released the patches and it is a relatively light month. Six issues in total, 2 Critical, 3 Important, 1 Moderate. OS administration teams will be busy, …
Microsoft to address six issues on Tuesday
Microsoft has dropped their July 2014 advance security notification and it looks like a relatively light month of patching. Six issues in total, 2 Critical, 3 Important, 1 …
Microsoft supports open source software framework for IoT
The AllSeen Alliance, the broadest Internet of Everything open-source project, announced that Microsoft has joined the group’s multi-company effort as a Premier Member …
No-IP reclaims control of domains seized by Microsoft
The end of No-IP customers’ troubles seems near, as Microsoft has relinquished control of the 23 domain names it seized control of on Monday with the blessing of a …
Exploit switches off Microsoft EMET’s protection features
By leveraging and modifying a “semi-random public exploit” researchers have managed to deactivate all protection features of the latest version of …
Microsoft hardens encryption for Outlook, OneDrive
Microsoft is making good on the promises they made last December, when they announced that they will – among other things – strengthen the encryption of customer …
Legitimate No-IP users still affected by Microsoft’s domain takeover
When Microsoft seized control of 23 free domain names usually controlled by dynamic DNS service No-IP on Monday, it disrupted malware networks used by cybercriminals to infect …
Microsoft disrupts malware networks and APT operations
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit struck again, and was allowed to seize 23 free domain names in an effort to strike a fatal blow to malware delivery networks run by a …
A look at Interflow, Microsoft’s threat information exchange platform
In the last few years, there has been one constant call from almost all participants in the information security community: the call for cooperation. But that is easier said …
Microsoft patches DoS flaw in its Malware Protection Engine
Microsoft has released an update for its Malware Protection Engine to fix a privately reported security vulnerability that could allow a denial of service if the Microsoft …
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