6 insights from Microsoft’s 2024 state of multicloud risk report to evolve your security strategy
Discover the top multicloud security risks across DevOps, runtime environments, identity and access, and data in this new report from Microsoft.
What is screen scraping?
Screen scraping is the act of taking all the information that a person has posted on their Web site or social networking page and then using the information to break into the user’s account or to commit some other fraud involving identity theft. Social networking Web sites such as Facebook have grown exponentially in the […]
Profile of A Global Cybercrime Business – Innovative Marketing
(Reuters) – Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine’s capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world’s most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses. According to court documents, former […]
Free antivirus software from Microsoft: now available worldwide
Last fall Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Security Essentials—fast and free anti-malware software that offers real-time protection from viruses, spyware, worms, and more. Last month, Microsoft made the software available in 17 additional markets, bringing the total number of available markets to 56. The additional countries include: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, […]
Follow our online safety team on Twitter
If you like to keep up-to-date on online security and you’re on Twitter, you might want to follow our online safety team. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll get: · Quick tips on how to stay safe online · Links to our latest articles, brochures, and videos · Retweets from some of most popular online […]
Go beyond data protection with Microsoft Purview
Govern, protect, and manage all of your data with Microsoft Purview, comprehensive solutions to help give you better visibility and control.
If I have Microsoft Security Essentials do I still need Windows Defender?
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download for home computers running on the Windows operating system. This software helps protect your computer from viruses, spyware, and other malware. Windows Defender is built into Windows Vista and Windows 7 and it’s available as a free download for Windows XP. Windows Defender helps protect your computer from […]
What is Windows CardSpace?
These days our online lives look a lot like our offline lives. We hang out with our friends. We shop. We’re entertained. So, just as you wouldn’t leave your house without your driver’s license or other identification card, it makes sense that you need a similar information card to use online. Windows CardSpace helps you […]
Internet Explorer 8: Stay safer online
Want to learn how the latest Web browser from Microsoft offers increased protection against phishing, malware, and other online threats? Internet Explorer 8 provides you and your family with a safer online experience with features like the SmartScreen filter. SmartScreen is a set of technologies designed to help protect you from evolving Web and social […]
President of France not immune to online theft
According to the Associated Press, French police said that in October of this year they arrested two men for breaking into the personal bank account of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The BBC says that the Internet hackers probably didn’t know that it was Sarkozy’s account they were stealing money from, a reminder that none of us are […]
Streamline privacy management with Microsoft Priva
Protect and govern personal information, reduce privacy risks, and manage subject rights requests at scale with Microsoft Priva privacy risk management solutions.
Free Microsoft antispyware site helps you protect your computer
Microsoft just launched a new Windows Defender Web site dedicated to helping you fight spyware. The new Windows Defender site features: Links to download Windows Defender, the free antispyware program from Microsoft. A new video demo that explains how to use Windows Defender to defend your computer from spyware and other unwanted software. A list […]
SDL Training
Hi everyone, Shawn Hernan here. Being a security guy is incredibly rewarding because you get to look at virtually any part of a product, from kernel drivers to web services to user education to sales and servicing. You have to do that because a failure in one of those areas can endanger the security of […]