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…
Syrian Electronic Army keeps their word, now Microsoft Office…
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Microsoft No idea What to Do after breached by Syrian Electronic Army
Yesterday the @Official_SEA16 announced a breach on Xboxs twitter account and shortly after started posting from that account. Not to long after they have continued on the breach spree with an attack on the Microsoft official blogs website and twitter accounts. It also appears that now they have also got access…
Microsoft Security Essentials fails to detect more than one third of malware
If you’re running a version of Windows older than Windows 8.1 and you’re relying on Microsoft Security Essentials to protect your computer against malware, you might want to think about bolstering your protection. Tests by Dennis Technology Labs found that Microsoft’s security tool was only able to detect and…
NSA hacked Microsoft as part of spying on Americans
NSA hacked Microsoft as part of spying on Americans By RAPHAEL SATTERDecember 31, 2013 Intercepting computer equipment in such a way is among the NSA’s “most productive operations.” The NSA: They are, therefore they spy on you. A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security…
SoundView report highlights Viscount’s revenue-sharing agreement with Microsoft
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification SoundView Research recently published an updated report on Viscount Systems, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of IT-based solutions for physical security systems. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Mondelez International May Use Microsoft Kinect to Track Your Snack Buying Hab
It’s a dance many of us have experienced in the grocery store: You grab a package of cookies, weigh the consequences of eating them, hesitantly put them back on the shelf and slowly walk away. Yet you still stare longingly at those cookies, thinking about a snack relationship that could…
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…
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…
Microsoft Global Security joins Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) board of directors
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