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Kelihos Botnet Gaining Momentum
Last September of 2011, Microsoft and an anti-malware security company had joined forces to take down Kelihos, a botnet capable of sending out billions of spam in a day. These spam are related to pornography, Viagra, and fake pharmaceutical companies … »
The Microsoft-Kelihos Tango Continues
Microsoft is going all out on hammering the last nail on Kelihos’s coffin. The takedown that took place 4 months ago is just the beginning. The software giant filed a complaint on Monday, January 23, against Andrey N. Sabelnikov for … »
Halo 4 Beta Invites? Nope.
There have been warnings over the last few days regarding a Halo 4 Beta invite scam. Information was pretty thin on the ground, however, so I decided to take a look – especially as there were reports of phishing. Here’s … »
Windows Virtual PC Hotfix for AMD Bulldozer Processors
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/01/19/windows-virtual-pc-hotfix-for-amd-bulldozer-processors.aspx'; We have just published a hotfix for Windows Virtual PC that addresses a compatibility problem when trying to install on an AMD Bulldozer system. You can download it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2519949 Cheers, Ben »
January 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A
Hello, Today we published the January Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded nine 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 those questions and answers on... »
Hotfix: Guest may crash during live migration
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/01/10/hotfix-guest-may-crash-during-live-migration.aspx'; We released a new hotfix for Hyper-V today. This hotfix addresses an issue where virtual machines may crash (with a STOP 0x000000D1, DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error) when it is being live migrated. While this problem is relatively hard to encounter – I would encourage anyone who is using live migration... »
January 2012 Security Bulletins Released
Hello. As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing seven security bulletins, one of which is rated Critical in severity, with the remaining six classified as Important. These bulletins will address eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Customers should plan to install all of these updates as... »
January 2012 ANS is released
Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the January security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10. This month’s release includes seven bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Developer Tools And Software. As always, we recommend that customers review the ANS summary page for more information and prepare... »
December 2011 Out-Of-Band Bulletin Release: Q&A and Webcast
Hello, Today we published the December 2011 Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 41 questions on the subject of MS11-100 . There were four questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included those questions and answers on the Q&A page. We invite our customers to... »
December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A
Hosts: Jonathan Ness, Security Development Manager, MSRC Pete Voss, Sr. Response Communications Manager, Trustworthy Computing Website: TechNet/Security Chat Topic: December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Release Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011 Q: How are Denial of Service, Tampering, Information Disclosure orSpoofing issues rated?A: The Exploitability Index only attempts to rate vulnerabilities that can be leveraged for code execution.... »
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