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Hello, Today we published the December Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded six questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. For more details on this month’s bulletins, click here to...

Hello. As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing 13 security bulletins, three of which are rated Critical in severity, and 10 Important. These bulletins will increase protection by addressing 19 unique vulnerabilities in...

Hello all. Before we look at next week’s bulletin release, we’d like to point out an update to our Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) that should provide customers with greater transparency as to how MAPP partners use the information we share with them when we release...

Hello, On this November Update Tuesday, we’re recapping the Link Removed, which Microsoft hosted in Redmond last week. We are also releasing four security updates, so please read on for details. Microsoft hosted its Link Removed of the BlueHat conference Nov. 2-4. The event featured...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded eight questions across all bulletins. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and we have included all questions and answers on the Q&A page. We invite our customers...

Hello, On this October Update Tuesday, we are releasing the 11th volume of the Security Intelligence Report, Link Removed which puts zero-day vulnerabilities into context against other global threats. We are also releasing eight security updates so please read on for details. A new method of...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded 15 questions primarily regarding the Diginotar Certificate compromise and the associated Security Advisory. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and we have...

In an effort to protect customers, last week we released Security Advisory 2607712 along with a non-security update to add fraudulent DigiNotar certificates to the Windows Untrusted Certificate Store. Today, we are releasing another update (2616676), adding six additional DigiNotar root...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded six questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and...

Hi everyone, Black Hat this year was really great. We spent a lot of time talking to people and getting new perspectives on the security landscape and of course, we announced the BlueHat Prize contest. The reaction to the contest was outstanding. In fact, within the first 24 hours, we had...

Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our Link Removed due to 404 Error at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat Prize architect Katie Moussouris to stop by the Trustworthy Computing...

Hello all. Before we look at next week’s bulletin release, we’d like to recommend – for those of you who missed it in the run-up to this year’s Black Hat conference – the Link Removed due to 404 Error. Every year around this time, we look back at the progress our...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded thirteen questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have...

Hello all -- Over the years we’ve often talked about exploit mitigations – DEP, ASLR, SEHOP and so forth – as effective tools for improving computer security, reducing risk, preventing attacks, and minimizing operational disruption. Today we’re releasing a user’s...

Hello all -- This week we released a Link Removedthat showcases some of the data we amassed in the wake of the big Rustock botnet takedown in the spring of 2010. The new SIR also delves into the diplomacy, secrecy and intellectual property law that all played important roles in the successful...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded fifteen questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer, and we have included...

Before we get into this month’s release, we wanted to alert you to updates to a document that’s been central to much of how Microsoft thinks about security. Ten years ago, Microsoft penned the “Ten Immutable Laws of Security,” which debuted on TechNet. It was written...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded twelve questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included...

Hello everyone, Pete Voss here again, and as I previously mentioned in the Advanced Notification on Thursday, today we are releasing two bulletins to help protect customers. The bulletins address a Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and two Important vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office...

Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded 14 questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included...