Starting next month, updated Windows operating systems will reject encryption keys smaller than 1024 bits, which could cause problems for customer applications accessing Web sites and email platforms that use the keys.
Tim Greene | 11 Jul | Read more
When Patch Tuesday rolls around next week, Microsoft will address three critical security issues using an improved version of Windows Update that closes a loophole exploited by Flame malware.
Tim Greene | 05 Jul | Read more
Microsoft has put faces and names to two of 39 "John Doe" defendants accused of running Zeus botnets responsible for scamming hundreds of millions of dollars from banks internationally.
Tim Greene | 03 Jul | Read more
The red-headed Russian whose spy ring made tech blunder after tech blunder on its way to being summarily deported from the U.S. is now prowling the catwalk at fashion shows.
Tim Greene | 15 Jun | Read more
Back when the Microsoft Update piece of the Flame espionage-software package was still undetected it could have sold for $1 million on the malware black market, a security researcher says.
Tim Greene | 08 Jun | Read more
Next week's Patch Tuesday will feature a fix for a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that came to light at the celebrated Pwn2Own hacking competition held earlier this year at CanSecWest.
Tim Greene | 08 Jun | Read more
Businesses should install a Microsoft security update to avoid being duped by exploited certificates that were used as part of the Flame malware attack against targeted Iranian computer networks.
Tim Greene | 04 Jun | Read more
E-card company American Greetings has turned to DMARC as a way to authenticate its email and protect its corporate name from being sullied by spammers and phishers.
Tim Greene | 31 May | Read more
A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.
Tim Greene | 02 Feb | Read more
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/will-windows-8-really-perform-well-low-end-PCs">Windows 8</a> includes a reset function that <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/windows-7-vs-windows-8">restores the operating system</a> to a clean state and scrubs data <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html">applications</a> from the disk, but falls short of making that data unrecoverable, according to Microsoft.
Tim Greene | 05 Jan | Read more
Password use needs an overhaul that is driven not by guesswork but by actually understanding the real damage that can be done when password security is compromised, according to a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> researcher.
Tim Greene | 05 Jan | Read more
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-check-point-blade.html">Check Point</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/091511-amazon-web-services-receives-critical-250944.html">Amazon Web Services</a> are teaming up to enable Check Point Security Gateway functionality to boost cloud security for business assets.
Tim Greene | 05 Jan | Read more
The <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79442">Windows 8 feature</a> that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token.
Tim Greene | 23 Dec | Read more
All new malware being written for mobile devices targets Android, according to a McAfee report on malware trends in Q3 2011.
Tim Greene | 22 Nov | Read more
Google, Verizon, Intel, McAfee, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> and Savvis are joining a <a href="https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/initiatives/security-guidance/">voluntary program set up by the Cloud Security Alliance</a> that provides public information about whether contributors comply with CSA-recommended cloud-security practices.
Tim Greene | 18 Nov | Read more