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Simplify endpoint management with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based unified endpoint management platform that empowers IT to manage, assess, and protect apps and devices.
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5 ways to protect your Microsoft account
Your Microsoft account (formerly your Windows Live ID) is the combination of an email address and a password that you use to sign in to services such as Xbox LIVE and Outlook. -
5 reasons NOT to share personal information on a website
Knowing when to trust a website depends in part on who publishes it, what information they want, and what you want from the site. -
How do I get rid of all of these security warnings?
Rogue security software (also known as “scareware”) creates pop-up warnings that look like legitimate security updates. Secure and verify every identity with Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra expands beyond identity and access management with new product categories such as cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) and decentralized identity.
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Is my computer up to date?
To get updates for Windows and other Microsoft programs at the same time, including updates for Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and more), go to the Microsoft Update website. -
How do spammers get my email address?
It pays to keep your email address as private as possible, but sometimes it seems like there’s nothing you can do to keep it out of the hands of spammers. -
Writing Fuzzable Code
Adam Shostack here. One of the really exciting things about being in the Microsoft Security Engineering Center is all of the amazing collaborators we have around the company. -
Giving SQL Injection the Respect it Deserves
You may have read recently about a large number of Web servers that were compromised through a SQL injection attack. Prevent threats with Microsoft Defender
The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone—from individuals looking to protect their family to the world’s largest enterprises.
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Training People on Threat Modeling
Adam Shostack here. Blogger Ian Grigg has an interesting response to my threat modeling blog series, and I wanted to respond to it. -
Common Objections – Comparing Linux Distros with Windows
Once again, my effort to explore common misperceptions (more recently exploring unpatched statistics) has brought out some of the common objections from those that don’t necessarily like the results.
