security research

  1. Introduction: Chris Betz, new head of MSRC

    By way of introduction, I am Chris Betz, the leader of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). I’m stepping in to fill the shoes of Mike Reavey, who has moved on to become the General Manager of Secure Operations, still within Trustworthy Computing. Since joining the MSRC, I’ve spent...
  2. Introduction: Chris Betz, new head of MSRC

    By way of introduction, I am Chris Betz, the leader of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). I’m stepping in to fill the shoes of Mike Reavey, who has moved on to become the General Manager of Secure Operations, still within Trustworthy Computing. Since joining the MSRC, I’ve spent...
  3. Announcing the BlueHat Prize for Advancement of Exploit Mitigations

    Protecting the general computing ecosystem is a really tough job, and given some of the media headlines, it’s easy to get discouraged and wallow in the problems. It seems like we’re constantly bombarded with statistics measuring the number of bugs, vulnerabilities, or attacks in an...
  4. December 2010 Advance Notification Service is released

    Hi everyone. Mike Reavey from the MSRC here. Today we're releasing our Link Removed due to 404 Error for the December 2010 security bulletin release. As we do every month, we've given information about the coming December release and provided links to detailed information so you can plan your...
  5. Windows 7 Lopt Crack 6

    05.26.2009 - L0phtCrack 6 Released: The code and L0phtCrack name have taken a long strange trip from proof of concept code for a vulnerability in 1997 to a commercial application funding the L0pht's security research to being sold as a product by the security consulting company @stake and then...