Microsoft forges new global partnerships to fight cybercrime

Top Priority Sector:  cyber_security Microsoft has announced three new global partnerships with the Organization of American States (OAS), Europol, and FIS to increase cooperation between international law enforcement and the private sector to combat cybercrime and improve Internet safety. Homepage position:  1 read more View full post on Government Security…

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Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, a year in making

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft released its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system that attempts to bridge the divide between tablets and PCs. Windows 8.1 still features the dual worlds that…

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Microsoft is investigating claims that some Bing ads are redirecting users to malware

  Security firm ThreatTrack Security Labs today spotted that certain Bing ads are linking to sites that infect users with malware. Those who click are redirected to a dynamic DNS service subdomain which in turns serves the Sirefef malware from 109(dot)236(dot)81(dot)176. Update: Microsoft is investigating, see statement below. ThreatTrack notes that the scammers could of course be…

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