encryption

Revision Note: V1.2 (September 11, 2012): Clarified that applications and services that use RSA keys for cryptography and call into the CertGetCertificateChain function could be impacted by this update. Examples of these applications and services include but are not limited to encrypted email...

Hello, Everyone knows you get what you pay for and this not a direct criticism on Windows Firewall, but recent studies have shown free paid products such AVG Antivirus and Windows Firewall have been hacked more often then other. My setup: * Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit * Norton Internet...

Windows may encounter a STOP 0x0000007B INACCESIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error with a status code of 0x00000034 on first reboot after completing BitLocker encryption of the volume where Windows is installed. Link Removed

Hello there. As we prepare for September’s two security updates, we’d like to remind you about an important change to Windows’ certificate requirements included in Security Advisory 2661254 (Update For Minimum Certificate Key Length). In June, we began communicating this...

i can see it with a software is there a program to encrypt the password and how can i remove windows live messenger password from system the password stored because i used onenote and sync and it asked for hotmail username and password and now its stored Link Removed Link Removed

hello, i'm running win7 ultimate x64. i have network backup utility that requires that i mount some network drives as the SYSTEM user. i created a bacth file to run at logon that works great. my issue is that this batch file contains plain-text password(s) that i would rather not have...

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Describes how to enable DES encryption for Kerberos authentication in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 14, 2012): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to Windows that restricts the use of certificates with RSA keys less than 1024 bits in length. The private keys used in these certificates can be derived and could...

I'm seeing some very odd remote desktop problems at work. The server is 2008 Server R2 64-bit. Unfortunately, I do not have administrative privileges. I have to escalate to another group in order to analyze logs. I have done this, but my team may meanwhile sit idle for days. All clients...

I don't have much knowledge in these things so I have to rely on what people tell me so I hope I am not wasting your time. I have a Sony VPCZ21 with an embedded fingerprint reader. I want to use my preferred encryption software DigitalPersona 4.1 (sadly they don't update this anymore) and under...

When attempting to turn on BitLocker using a Startup Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted, BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup Key is removed, or if USB ports are not... More...

Describes a scenario in which a BitLocker-protected computer may be vulnerable to Direct Memory Access (DMA) attacks. More...

When attempting to turn-on BitLocker using a Startup-Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted. BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup-Key is removed or if USB ports are not... More...

Resolves a vulnerability in TLS that could allow information disclosure if an attacker intercepts encrypted web traffic served from an affected system. All cipher suites that do not use CBC mode are not affected. More...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 10, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in TLS. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker intercepts encrypted web traffic served...

I am running Windows 7 Professional x64 on a personal, not work, laptop. I have encrypted a file using Explorer's encrypt attribute from the properties dialog. Before I put this file to a cloud storage system like Dropbox, I wanted to also use something like TrueCrypt on the file. Would it be...

Hi, I could not find another thread with my exact problem. I have Windows 7 and have a wireless internet set up. If someone else connects to the network, I cannot connect with my computer. The network is encrypted, WEP I believe. The password is 26 digits long (don't know if that helps). Any...

Fixes an issue in which the DPAPI keys are not synchronized and you cannot decrypt information that was encrypted by using the DPAPI in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when you unlock the computer. More...

Resolves a vulnerability in ASP.NET that could allow information disclosure. An attacker that successfully exploited this vulnerability could read data, such as the view state, which was encrypted by the server. Link Removed