REDMOND, Wash.–If one were to draw up a list of the most challenging jobs in the technology industry, chief privacy officer at Microsoft likely would be pretty near the top of it. For a company with the size and scope of Microsoft, the volume of potential privacy issues is nearly endless, and if someone is calling you for help, something has probably gone wrong.
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit has been spearheading botnet takedowns and other anti-cybercrime operations for many years, and it has had remarkable success. But the cybercrime problem isn’t going away anytime soon, so the DCU is in the process of building a new cybercrime center here, and soon will roll out a new threat intelligence service to help ISPs and CERT teams get better data about ongoing attacks.
REDMOND, Wash.–Cybercrime has developed in the last few years into a major concern, not just for the consumers and businesses that are victims, but also for governments around the world. Obama administration officials have called it one of the larger threats to the United States economy. While law enforcement agencies handle the investigative and prosecutorial[...]
Microsoft’s May 2013 Patch Tuesday security updates include patches for the IE 8 zero day at the heart of the Department of Labor watering hole attacks.
Microsoft later this month will release a new version of its EMET protection tool, and this iteration will include a certificate pinning feature that will enable users to associate a specific certificate with a given certificate authority. The feature is designed a defense against man-in-the-middle attacks that use forged certificates to redirect users or intercept protected traffic.
NZ-2013. Day 9. Route. On the ninth day in NZ we simply tramped back along the path we’d already walked along (see Day 7), so spent most of the day checking out scenery we’d already seen. On v...
If you get a warm and fuzzy feeling when an app or website makes you agree to Terms of Service (ToS), as if you’ve just entered a mutually beneficial legal agreement, you might want to think again: ...
Cybersecurity for the next generation!
