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Microsoft slates single Windows patch for Tuesday

2009-01-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b40f2c in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Thursday said it will issue just one security update next week, down dramatically from last month's record-setting eight updates that patched 28 vulnerabilities
 
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Microsoft to kick off 2009 with single security fix

2009-01-08 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
After being forced to rush out an emergency patch for its Internet Explorer browser last month, Microsoft plans to release just one security update in its first patch release of 2009
 
Tags: patch release, internet explorer browser, release, security, emergency patch, microsoft plans, month, rush
 
 
 
 
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Are Microsoft's obits premature?

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2008-02-14 13:26:10 by HASH0x8b3bd70 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Microsoft. I lived to see one of those empires crumble from within, but I never thought I would see both fall. I came into tech at the tail end of the Big Blue - IBM dynasty. For the most part there has been only one dominant champion in tech who has rolled over all competitors. That is not to say I think of Microsoft as evil. I think they...
 
Tags: microsoft, microsoft live, cast microsoft, global community, increasingly global community, evil empires, child, saas, pure saas
 
 
 
 
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Are Microsoft's obits premature?

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2008-02-14 14:25:59 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Microsoft. I lived to see one of those empires crumble from within, but I never thought I would see both fall. I came into tech at the tail end of the Big Blue - IBM dynasty. For the most part there has been only one dominant champion in tech who has rolled over all competitors. That is not to say I think of Microsoft as evil. I think they...
 
Tags: microsoft, microsoft live, cast microsoft, global community, increasingly global community, evil empires, child, saas, pure saas
 
 
 
 
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What are Microsoft Thinking?!

2007-08-30 07:06:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
Microsoft has, in the past, had a reputation for not taking security seriously. It had previously run the company on the idea that users want features and that is where the development costs went. Security was put only in where it couldn't be avoided Things changed and security became a feature. Microsoft woke up and have done an amazing job of...
 
Tags: microsoft, microsoft patches, patches, microsoft cdpatcher, microsoft patch happiness, patch, patch tuesday, patch patch patch, security
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft SDL Process in detail

2008-04-09 19:13:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...Microsoft programmatically drives culture change; others are looking for guidance that can be repurposed for their own organizations and finally, some folks are convinced that we are deliberately holding back some security secret sauce for some reason. Go figure With that, let me cut to the chase. Today, we have made the Microsoft Security...
 
Tags: sdl, microsoft sdl, sdl process, microsoft, sdl guidance, guidance, secure, secure software development, development
 
 
 
 
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Is Microsoft???s SDL Working?

2008-05-16 11:05:09 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...Microsoft???s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is the main product of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative, launched from the now-famous Bill Gates memo in 2002. Six years into the initiative, Microsoft surely must be reaping the benefits of, for example, the well-publicized security training every developer went through So, how do we...
 
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Robert L Mitchell - I know Microsoft, I have worked with Microsoft ...

2008-02-02 07:46:27 by HASH0x8b8a27c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Microsoft and Yahoo! ain't KMart. Robert tries to make an analogy of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo and Sears buying KMart. First off Robert, you should no that the Sears/Kmart deal was not so much about retail shopping and more about the real estate that both organizations owned. That was the reason for the high stock value. But lets be clear...
 
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Microsoft Issues Advisory on SQL Vulnerability

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2008-12-23 07:30:39 by Editor in Cheap Hack
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a vulnerability in certain versions of SQL Server and other SQL products . The vulnerability, complete with proof-of-concept exploit code, had been disclosed publicly by SEC Consult on Dec. 9 . The disclosure says that Microsoft had been notified of it in April, had acknowledged it, but had stopped...
 
Tags: advisory, microsoft, sql products, microsoft sql products, sec consult advisory, microsoft describes, vulnerability, server, server version