best practices

Starting in Windows 7/2008R2, domain user accounts should not end with the dollar sign ($). Managed service accounts are identified by ending in a dollar sign ($) and there can be confusion on a system when setting a service to run under an account... Link Removed

Just a wee reminder... today, like the 2nd Tues. of every month, is 'Patch Tuesday'. Even if on 'Auto', always a Best Practice to make sure any & all (new) Updates are put in or get put in your computers. Cheers, Drew

I thought this was a thought provoking article I came upon recently. Here it is followed by the peice ofFeedback I had added to the others under the article. Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 ErrorThere are certain basics & best practices that must be met or exist... being/keeping current...

Looks like a brand new Worm called Morto is using RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and port 3389 (default listening port) as an attack vector to infect some machines and subsequently using some type of brute force password guessing mechanism to further compromise these computers. A good reason why...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS). The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution when an attacker sends a specially crafted DFS response to a...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker created a specially crafted SMB packet and sent the packet to an affected system. Firewall best practices and...

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to get a custom software package to work on my domain server. BTW - it works just fine on a workstation. I don't remember having this problem with a simple WG server. What are the best practices for setting this up? I created a folder on the server let's call it...

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a report, "Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure" (PDF) in which it makes numerous recommendations designed to help home computer users avoid malware and other common problems. Link Removed

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a report, "Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure" (PDF) in which it makes numerous recommendations designed to help home computer users avoid malware and other common problems. Link Removed

If you’ve been looking for just the right motivation or evidence to convince your company’s IT department to upgrade to Windows 7, this may be it. The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a datasheet of best practices for keeping your computer and network safe and secure, and one of the...

An anonymous reader writes "In a document available from the NSA (warning, PDF file), that organisation advises users to upgrade to Windows 7 as part of their Best Practice for Securing a Home Network. No mention of BSD or Linux so I guess the Slashdot crowd will just have to bite the bullet and...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows DNS resolution. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker gained access to the network and then created a custom program to send specially crafted LLMNR...

My friends on the patterns & practices team are working on a cool new project that we want to share with you. The Link Removed provides guidance for building enterprise SOA-based composite service applications with design and implementation patterns for service discovery, composition, and...

Hi all -- We're pleased to announce the release of the new Link Removed due to 404 Error. Fully revised and updated from the first edition, which was released in 2009, this edition focuses on best practices for prioritizing and testing security updates before deployment within your...

Hi All.. Sorry about sort of double posting however this is a more defined question on what to do. I hope it's ok :-) I have a group of people who are using a remote desktop program and all their actions must be logged at a central storage. That's no problem however my users should not be...

Recognize the worst traits of programmers everywhere and save yourself from developer hell Being a good developer takes a lifetime of training and practice. But without proper discipline, even the best programmers risk falling prey to their worse natures. Some bad habits are so insidious that...

Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services partners with the Security Talk Series to describe the best practices for designing and deployment secure applications in the Azure platform. Related resources: Whitepaper: Security Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure...

Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services partners with the Security Talk Series to describe the options for controlling access to information stored in Windows Azure Storage or in SQL Azure. Related resources: Whitepaper: Security Best Practices for Developing Windows...

Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services partners with the Security Talk Series to describe the security features of the Windows Azure platform, resources available to protect applications and data running on the Microsoft cloud and SQL Azure security and authentication...

Severity Rating: Moderate - Revision Note: V1.0 (December 14, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker sent a specially crafted...