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Video: Hackers for hire
Hackers are the 21st century warriors who worry many. As everything we use becomes increasingly connected, so their opportunities to hack, divert or destroy increase. NATO …
Microsoft helped NSA get around its encryption
It has been a bad month for US Internet giants, but things got even worse for Microsoft as the latest batch of NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the company …
Microsoft gives app developers 180 days to fix bugs
This month’s Patch Tuesday has been a prolific one, and patches for a total of 34 vulnerabilities – six of which critical – have been made available for …
Recommendations for securing Active Directory
Active Directory plays a critical role in the IT infrastructure, and ensures the harmony and security of different network resources in a global, interconnected environment. …
Microsoft to pay up to 150k for vulnerabilities
After years of saying that bug bounties are not the best way to go about getting crucial product vulnerability information in the long run, Microsoft has done an about-face …
Microsoft releases Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0
Microsoft has announced the release of version 4.0 of its popular Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), a free utility that helps prevent memory corruption …
Facebook, Microsoft and Apple disclose little on U.S. government data requests
The disclosure of details about the controversial PRISM program set up by the NSA has indubitably damaged the reputation of the companies involved in it, and some of them are …
Microsoft patches IE, Office and Windows
For Patch Tuesday this month, we are receiving critical updates from both Microsoft and Adobe. Microsoft has five bulletins, bringing the six-month total up to 51 bulletins, …
Microsoft Citadel takedown ultimately counterproductive
Last week’s disruption of nearly 1500 Citadel botnets believed to be responsible for over half a billion US dollars in financial fraud and affecting more than five …
Microsoft to release five bulletins next week
Microsoft released advance notification for next week’s Microsoft patch and it looks like we’re getting only five bulletins. We received several comments on what …
Microsoft and FBI disrupt global cybercrime ring
Microsoft, the FBI, Agari, financial services industry leaders FS-ISAC, NACHA, and other industry partners, managed to break up a massive cybercrime ring which was stealing …
Windows 8.1 will allow locking folders with a finger
Windows 8.1 is scheduled to be released at the end of 2013, and among the various changes that Microsoft aims to implement in it is native support for fingerprint readers, so …
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