encryption

Revision Note: V1.0 (May 12, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to cryptographic cipher suite prioritization in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The update adds...

Original release date: April 30, 2015 Systems Affected Networked systems Overview Securing end-to-end communications plays an important role in protecting privacy and preventing some forms of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Recently, researchers described a MITM attack used to inject...

Hello, Is there Any freeware to enable password protection on a folder on windows 8 ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Ref: http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-confirms-freak-vulnerability-affects-windows-well If you pop onto the site above it will check whether your browser is vulnerable to attack. Apparently the latest Chrome is fine as is IE (version 11.0.9800.0. the one that comes with win 10 build 9926)

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Link Removed, Program Manager on the Azure Security team. Sumedh joins us to talk about Azure Key Vault, a new technology for storing sensitive keys and secrets within Azure. Key Vault offers the ability to store secrets which you can...

I've been searching through endless threads to find an answer to a bitlocker issue I'm having, and not having any luck. I had backed up my computer a few months ago (system image), and just restored it. I do this every few months. After I reinstall the old image, I do all of my updates, then...

Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Client System: Windows 8.1 64-Bit We operate a small office setup with a server and about 8 clients. The network drives we access have always been compressed: under HDD Properties>General Tab: 'Compress this drive to save disk space' is checked...

Original release date: November 25, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 Overview On November 24, 2014, Symantec released a report on Regin, a sophisticated backdoor Trojan used to conduct intelligence-gathering campaigns. At this time, the Regin campaign has...

Hi, Suddenly, since a a few days, Outlook 2013 does not send emails anymore. It does not give any error message as it is unable to finish the task, it just churns and churns infinitely until I end the task in Task Manager. With the receiving part it has no problems. On verifying the account...

Hello to all, I have a word doc with sensitive info. I've used Windows to encrypt the document. I want to be able to share and update this doc from various platforms: win7 pc, win8 pc, surface etc. Seems to me this doc belongs on OneDrive, but my question to you is, how secure would...

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services...

Original release date: October 22, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that infects a computer and restricts access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. This Alert is the result of Canadian Cyber Incident Response...

I just came across a interesting must read article about Microsoft and encryption. It's a must read. Here's the link.http://www.howtogeek.com/199171/heres-why-windows-8.1s-encryption-doesnt-seem-to-scare-the-fbi/

Original release date: October 17, 2014 Systems Affected All systems and applications utilizing the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 with cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode ciphers may be vulnerable. However, the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack demonstrates this...

Hi Last night I was watching a TV show and the cops were struggling with getting access to the data on the computer because they couldn't get past the password. How many times have we seen that scene? I boot into computers all the time using my Ubuntu USB drive, bypassing the pass word...

Revision Note: V1.0 (October 14, 2014): Advisory published Summary: Microsoft is aware of detailed information that has been published describing a new method to exploit a vulnerability in SSL 3.0, affecting the Windows operating system. This vulnerability affects the protocol itself and is not...

Security vendors FireEye and Fox IT have launched a Web tool which allows victims of Cryptolocker Malware attacks to decrypt files without paying ransom to cybercriminals. Cryptolocker is Windows-based ransomware which relies on disguise to infect systems and encrypt files, demanding a payment...

Revision Note: V1.0 (October 14, 2014): Advisory published Summary: Microsoft is aware of detailed information that has been published describing a new method to exploit a vulnerability in SSL 3.0, affecting the Windows operating system. This vulnerability affects the protocol itself and is not...

Today, we released Link Removed to address a vulnerability in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 which could allow information disclosure. This is an industry-wide vulnerability that affects the protocol itself, and is not specific to Microsoft’s implementation of SSL or the Windows operating...