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- Leaked copies of Windows® 7 RC launched on May 5 contain Trojan
Some leaked copies of Windows 7 RC were found containing Trojan horse. The self-extracting Setup.exe, which was a container, included two files naming setup.exe and codec.exe. The latter file was identified as a Trojan horse which downloaded fake security software, dubbed "scareware", to PCs and installed a rootkit to hide from legitimate anti-virus products.
Windows 7 RC is not the first leaked software found to harbor attack code. In January 2009, pirated copies of Apple Inc.'s "new iWork '09" suite also contained a Trojan horse that hijacked Macs.
Windows 7 RC was officially launched on May 5. Users are advised to download the pre-release software from the official website.
- RSA further expand partnership with Microsoft® (Chinese Content)
On the recently closed RSA Conference 2009 held in California USA, attention was drawn to RSA's expanded partnership with Microsoft and VMware. A range of new solutions to help customers manage Microsoft SharePoint environment were published by RSA on the conference, which included RSA Secure View tools for SharePoint, RSA DLP Risk Advisor and Solution Architecture.
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Seminar: Security Day Seminar held successfully on May 22, 2009
IT has become central to the way we do business. But information security risks still undermine computing experiences and threaten the security, stability and continuity of all types of organizations.
In response to industry calls on a more security and trusted online environment, Microsoft has held this security day seminar on May 22 and introduced End to End trust which enabled users to control their computer environment and had security with social values such as privacy and anonymity enhanced. The seminar was well-received by participants and they explored the following:
- How End to End Trust is helping business customers address these challenges
- Integrated solutions across IT security, identity and access, and management
- Discussion among experts from local security organizations on the current security trend and what we can learn from recent IT security issues
Download seminar material in PDF and XPS now so you do not miss the professional insight on information security and management.
Event Agenda of Security Day 2009:
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Speaker |
Keynote End to End Trust - Creating a More Trusted Internet
(Language: English) |
Andre Mintz - Director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing |
Creating a Trusted Internet: the non-technical issues
(Language: Cantonese) |
Roy Ko - Manager of HKPC |
| Conficker Combat - Paradigm shift in Security Code Design and Corporate Network Perimeter Defense with Remote Computing Focus (Language: Cantonese) |
Daniel Eng - Chairman of PISA |
| How Microsoft IT does Information Security (Language: Cantonese) |
Jeff Tse / Mandy Yeung / Sam Leung - Field Program Manager (Microsoft IT) |
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Security Guide Centre (SGC)
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If you want to have this free value-added service, simply fill in the SGC Services account profile form email to hsgc@microsoft.com, representatives will contact you directly with more details.
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- News regarding Variants Win32/Conficker (Chinese Content)
There recently are 2 main newly reported variants: Worm: Win32/Conficker.D and Worm: Win32/Conficker.E. We are pleased to see Microsoft® products such as Windows Live™ OneCare™, Windows Live OneCare safety scanner and the Forefront™ line of products, are able to detect the 2 newly reported variants with the use of the existing Unicode, and are not required for future updates of Worm: Win32/Conficker.gen!B and the Worm: Win32/Conficker.gen!A. The new variants are already included in the current detection mechanism.
- Win32/Waledac, Newly Added into MSPT in April
Win32/Waledac is a Trojan that is used to send spam. It is also capable to download and execute arbitrary files, harvest email addresses from the local machine, perform denial of service attacks and so on. The latest spam so far uses the subject of forged "Reuters Terror Attack". Microsoft will continue to pay close attention and provide updates in the blog.
- Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
Microsoft has recently released Security Intelligence Report (SIR) for July through December 2008. A part of the report is available in Malware Protection Center (MMPC) blog, you can also click here view the full version. You may even contact Scott Wu or Tony Lee from Microsoft MMPC.
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