Archive for April 23rd, 2010

I wanted to give customers an update on the status of MS10-025. First, I want to reiterate that this issue affects only Windows 2000 Servers in a non-default configuration: Windows Media Services needs to be installed. Customers who do not have Windows Media Services installed are not affected and were not offered this update.... »

An acceptable use policy doesn’t enforce itselfThe inspector general of the U.S. Security and Exchange commission has run 33 investigations in the last five years of agency employees viewing and collecting Internet pornography instead of working, the... »

Your friend on Facebook might be someone elseVeriSign iDefense researchers said they have monitored an underground web forum where a hacker has advertised 1.5 million Facebook accounts for sale. The iDefense group believes the person going by the handl... »

A first for MicrosoftA court in Shanghai has handed down a guilty verdict against the Dazhong Insurance company for using pirated copies of Microsoft software. The company was told to pay $318,000 in damages.It is the first time that Microsoft has brou... »

There’s a site you may have seen being pinged around on Twitter today, called ismycreditcardstolen(dot)com. This is what it looks like: Click to Enlarge Yes, alarm bells were ringing for me too. “If you fear your credit card info has been stole... »

We have been running an experiment to see what you can get for $5 on Fiverr.  In the process, we have probably created irreperable damage to not only our reputation, but possibly eardrums around the world. However, we can’t help ourselves.&n... »