Archive for January 18th, 2010

For today’s update we want to share some insight on the current threat landscape for Security Advisory 979352, some new resources we have published and the current status on producing a security update. As we’ve previously reported, attacks remain targeted to a very limited number of corporations and are only effective against Internet Explorer... »

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/01/18/med-v-administration-video-series.aspx'; If you have been wondering where I have been, I have been on holiday for the last four weeks, visiting friends and family in sunny Australia.  But now I am back in cold, rainy, dark Seattle – so I should have plenty of time to get blogging. Just before I went off on... »

(FRWL stands for “From Russia With Love,” according to Patrick)Russian and German language fake codec pages and one online scanner scam page.And, it has an adware twist: install the adware and get your rogue security product free!Pay by SMS... »

France, Germany advise switching browsersThe governments of France and Germany have urged users to stop using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes the security vulnerability that has been blamed, at least in part, for the... »