Monthly Archives: April 2009

Why you should not use P2P Windows 7 Builds

Posted on 30/04/2009 by Roger

This is not about piracy and not about leaks and not about… I am waiting for the new RC build as you are. I am running an intermediate build between Beta and RC and would love to upgrade all my … Continue reading →

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2007 Microsoft Office Suite – Service Pack 2 released

Posted on 28/04/2009 by Roger

Just a quick one. We released SP2 for Office 2007. You can download it here. Roger

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RSA Keynote by Scott Charney, VP Trustworthy Computing

Posted on 24/04/2009 by Roger

Scott held a keynote during RSA this week. Here you find the webcast (it is about 30 minutes) – definitely worth looking at: http://media.omediaweb.com/rsa2009/webcast_exclusive.htm?id=1_4 Roger

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Finjan reports world’s largest Botnet

Posted on 24/04/2009 by Roger

I guess you have read it in the meantime: There are a lot of reports out there, that Finjan found a Botnet affecting 1.9 Million computers. This is really bad – obviously. The press now started to cover this and … Continue reading →

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The Impact of the Downturn (part 2)

Posted on 23/04/2009 by Roger

Just a brief one: I wrote an article for Infosecurity which was just published in the latest version covering the economic downturn as well. It is called Time to Step Up and can be found on page 45 of the … Continue reading →

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The Impact of the Downturn on Security

Posted on 19/04/2009 by Roger

This is a question I often get asked: What is the impact of the economic downturn on security? I am convinced that three things will happen: Cybercrime will grow Security budgets will shrink – it is just open whether the … Continue reading →

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Schedule update on Forefront

Posted on 13/04/2009 by Roger

You know that I am a big fan of what we are going to deliver with our Forefront Suite in the next version code-named Stirling. You probably heard me talking about compliance (where, from a technical perspective Forefront can play … Continue reading →

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Update on Conficker Variants

Posted on 11/04/2009 by Roger

Over the last few day we have seen a lot of coverage about new Conficker variants. Let me give you a very brief update. But before I start, let me make sure that we are clear on one thing. In … Continue reading →

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Security Intelligence Report: “Scareware” on the Raise

Posted on 08/04/2009 by Roger

You know that we release our Security Intelligence Report twice an year: Today Version 6 is due. Let me try to give you an overview of the “highlights” of the report from my point of view: As I wrote in … Continue reading →

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Security Updates on Automatic Update

Posted on 04/04/2009 by Roger

I basically like the blogosphere. It is a way to express an opinion without having to worry (too much) about censorship. The disadvantage is that there are people who present things as “facts”, which are simply wrong. This happened Thursday … Continue reading →

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