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  • Jun. 19, 2013
    Article

    Microsoft Freed More Than 2 Million PCs from Massive Botnet 1

    Microsoft this week revealed that its recent efforts to disrupt the Citadel botnet were successful, with more than 2 million PCs freed from the clutches of malicious hackers. The botnet is responsible for over $500 million in damages, mostly through the use of keystroke recorders that helped the hackers gain access to users’ banking and other online account information....More
  • Hackers
    Jun. 17, 2013
    News

    Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0 Released

    Version 4.0 of EMET has just been released and contains a slew of updates and improvements, along with providing support for current Microsoft operating systems....More
  • Fitting the cloud identity puzzle pieces together
    Jun. 17, 2013
    Article

    Attention, IT Pros: You Can Help Evolve a Secure Cloud, Too

    Central to the core of any modern and complex hybrid computing service, is an integrated identity system. But unlike the world of domains and Kerberos, cloud identity protocols and standards are still far from settled....More
  • NSA
    Jun. 10, 2013
    Article

    Has PRISM Shaken Your Trust in the Cloud? 6

    Microsoft left TechEd with a full tank of gas and dreams of glory, only to be dashed by a single report over unfettered access, by the U.S. government, to the accumulating personal data of every American citizen....More
  • Jun. 6, 2013
    Article

    Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Embraces BYOD

    The gap between what AD Domain Services can support and what the cloud computing world needs is where Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) has stepped to the fore. AD FS has become the Swiss Army Knife of Microsoft authentication, growing the range of identity standards the Microsoft world supports while not disturbing the enormous installed base of Active Directory Domain Services....More
  • Jun. 6, 2013
    Article

    Microsoft Announces Massive Anti-Botnet Operation 1

    Microsoft this week said that it has worked with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, major players in the financial services industry, and other industry technology leaders to help thwart a major botnet operation that is responsible for over $500 million in losses to individuals and businesses....More
  • AD: The Next Generation
    Jun. 1, 2013
    Article

    Active Directory and Microsoft's Hybrid Identity Vision

    A few weeks ago on campus, principal program manager Mark Wahl spent some time outlining Microsoft's identity division strategy for the Active Directory platform. If I have one takeaway of interest to the hundreds of thousands of AD administrators out there, it's this: Your job isn't going away any time soon....More
  • May 31, 2013
    Article

    How to be Notified about Microsoft's Released Antimalware Definitions

    Did you know that Microsoft provides as-they-happen list releases for the Antimalware definitions they produce?...More
  • Computer Security
    May 28, 2013
    News

    Microsoft Launches New Security Program, Moves it to the Cloud

    Hoping to provide better, more real-time security data, Microsoft has officially unveiled a new program called the Cyber Threat Intelligence Program (C-TIP) that is Windows Azure-based....More
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