Monthly Archives: February 2009

Pre-warning: Windows Server 2003 SP1 Out of Support in April

Posted on 27/02/2009 by Roger

During Conficker we realized that a lot of customers are on unsupported OSs. I would like to draw your attention to a few things: There is a webpage called Microsoft Support Lifecycle where you find all the information on the … Continue reading →

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Two new Security Advisories

Posted on 24/02/2009 by Roger

I just want to make sure you have seen it: There were some reports in the last day or two about targeted attacks on Excel. We are aware of these reports and are looking into this. In order to give … Continue reading →

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Security Compliance Management Toolkit

Posted on 24/02/2009 by Roger

A few days ago, we released the Security Compliance Management Toolkit. I think that this toolkit might definitely help you to secure your environment and monitor it against a security baseline Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series Roger

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Gazelle – the secure Web browser of the future?

Posted on 20/02/2009 by Roger

This is an interesting paper from Microsoft Research. Now, before you read it: This is research and be no means a commitement to develop it for IE 9. The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser Roger

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The Impact of the Security Development Lifecycle

Posted on 18/02/2009 by Roger

Jeff Jones just started a blog series to show the impact of our Security Development Lifecycle on the updates to be deployed. It is a pretty interesting read: Here is the February version: Feb09 Security Bulletin SDL Benefit Summary Roger

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Scam Awareness Month in the UK

Posted on 16/02/2009 by Roger

I guess you know Get Safe Online in the meantime. They are publishing a lot of good and insightful information. Now, they collaborate with the Office of Fair Trading in the UK for a Scam Awareness Month. Again, there is … Continue reading →

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News from the Interop front

Posted on 10/02/2009 by Roger

Not directly security related: I am often asked about the interoperability between our products and third-party products. Additionally people claim that we do not allow others to use our technology – that we lock you in. Just now I read … Continue reading →

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Additional Conficker Guidance

Posted on 07/02/2009 by Roger

Yes, Conficker is far from being over. We still see a lot of infections. Therefore we decided to publish additional guidance for Conficker: Microsoft Conficker guidance page for IT Professionals and those focused on security in the enterprise: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dd452420.aspx Microsoft … Continue reading →

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UAC in Windows 7: The “Final” Decision

Posted on 06/02/2009 by Roger

Jon and Steven released another blog post on UAC and explained their decision how to change things: They start with the risk of blogging: When we started the “E7” blog we were both excited and also a bit uneasy. The … Continue reading →

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Both Sides of the Windows 7 UAC Problem

Posted on 05/02/2009 by Roger

I have to come back to the UAC problem again. I just read a good article from Larry Seltzer on eWeek.com: Both Sides of the Win7 UAC Problem I think it is one of the first one I read, which … Continue reading →

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