Microsoft’s determined campaign against the Kelihos botnet has seen the company file a lawsuit against the Russian man it now believes to be responsible for its operations. In a filing to a Virginia court, Microsoft alleges that Andrey N. Sabelnikov from St. Petersburg contributed code for the malware that set…
Microsoft SharePoint users ignore security measures, says survey
Copying documents out of Microsoft SharePoint to less secure media such as email and thumb drives is common among users of the collaboration platform, at least in the UK. According to a survey of 100 users who attended a SharePoint conference in November, 45% have made such copies, with 18%…
Microsoft Sues Chinese Retailer for Windows Piracy
Microsoft Corp. said it has sued Chinese electronics retailer Shanghai Gome Electrical Appliances Co. and a Beijing computer market over alleged software copyright infringement. Microsoft filed the lawsuits in Shanghai Huangpu District People’s Court and Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court, it said in a statement. Read the article: NASDAQ <!–…
Microsoft to share valuable real-time threat data feed with security community
Microsoft is preparing to offer threat intelligence as a real-time feed that companies can use to evaluate threats and develop better defences. A post on the Kaspersky Labs Threat Post blog explains, “Microsoft collects the data by leveraging its huge Internet infrastructure, including a load-balanced, 80gb/second global network, to swallow…
Microsoft security–you’ve come a long way, baby
Microsoft products are much more secure than they were 10 years ago, security experts say. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft ASP.Net flaw targeted by hacker exploit code
Exploit code for a recently patched denial-of-service vulnerability that affects Microsoft’s ASP.NET web development platform has been published online, therefore increasing the risk of potential attacks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2011-3414, was disclosed in December at the Chaos Communication Congress, Europe’s largest and oldest hacker conference. Shortly afterward Microsoft published…
Microsoft issue Patch Tuesday fix for Media Player and security bypass
Microsoft fixed seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new security issues yesterday as the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 was issued. Although Microsoft tied a previous high for bulletins issued in January, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek isn’t so concerned about large numbers. The growing number of Microsoft…
Microsoft issue Patch Tuesday fix for Media Player and security bypass
Microsoft fixed seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new security issues yesterday as the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 was issued. Although Microsoft tied a previous high for bulletins issued in January, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek isn’t so concerned about large numbers. The growing number of Microsoft…
Software Test Engineer (SDET) – Internet Explorer / Microsoft / Redmond, WA
Microsoft/Redmond, WA Location: Redmond, WA, US Job ID: 775794-70118 Division: Windows Division SDET for IE Test Team Do you enjoy the challenge of solving hard technical problems with high-quality solutions in a results-driven environment? Are you interested in being part of building the future of web browsing in Windows? The…
Senior Microsoft Security Analyst – TEKsystems – Toronto, Ontario
…listed with the TMX to have an opportunity to have more readily available information. The current team consists of network security experts that deal with all the firewalls, but no experts with regards to Microsoft technologies. Top 3 Skills… View full post on View network-security jobs – TEKsystems.com View full…