Windows 7 security enhancements
Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday.
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24.4.2009 Windows 7 DirectX11 High-Fidelity Graphics Enhancements
DirectX debuted back in 1995, and, with the upcoming Windows client, the underlying graphics technology of the operating system will evolve to the next level.
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1.12.2008 Power efficiency enhancements in Vista SP1
Most if not all the attention surrounding Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been around performance, reliability and compatibility, but you probably didn’t know SP1 also makes short strides in terms of Vista’s power efficiency.
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23.2.2008 Microsoft Adds Xbox 360 Warranty "Enhancements"
Microsoft has made some new changes to the Xbox 360's warranty. The last change was made back in late December when the console warranty was boosted from 90 days to a full year. The latest changes, however, should go a long way to fill in any gaps that may have been missing/lacking in the Xbox 360's warranty service.
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6.4.2007 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA – Includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers
We are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.
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20.7.2009 Microsoft Security Advisory 927891 non security-Fix for Windows Installer
Ok this is the MSI fix (Windows Update Client 100%CPU issue) as discussed before here on Bink.nu. For best results also install the new update client . This client will be distributed worldwide in June through Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS.
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23.5.2007 Microsoft Windows Vista Security: Setting a New Standard for Security and Privacy Through Innovation and Collaboration
For more than 30 years, information and communications technologies have transformed the global economy and personal communications.
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17.9.2006 Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009 Windows Vista's new security features
Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected.
It seems that every time I sit down with Microsoft to discuss Windows Vista, something has been changed or added, which is good. In some cases, something has been removed, which is bad. One and a half years from launch, I understand that beta code changes frequently. Here's my standard disclaimer: the following article is based on the last build from Microsoft, Windows Vista build 5219, released September 2005.
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Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Security warnings over Windows Vista
Microsoft is coming under increasing fire over the security of its Windows software.
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3.10.2006 First security fail found in Windows 7
The good folks at F-Secure uncover the first Windows 7 security fail … and it’s a classic.
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5.5.2009 Microsoft Windows XP Security Guide 2.2
The Windows XP Security Guide has been updated to provide specific recommendations about how to harden computers that run Windows XP with SP2 in three distinct environments.
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12.4.2006 Windows Gets Largest Security Update in Over a Year
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
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13.6.2006 Introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Windows® Firewall with Advanced Security is a stateful, host-based firewall that blocks incoming and outgoing connections based on its configuration.
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19.8.2006 Critical Security Update for Windows 7 Beta
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.
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11.3.2009 Download Windows 7 Security Audit Events
Security does by no means stop with the implementation of products designed to safeguard Windows from malicious code or exploits.
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2.7.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 Pirating Windows? No free Security Essentials for you!
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software.
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1.10.2009 New Windows Vista Firewall Fails on Outbound Security
Analysis: New Windows Vista Firewall Fails on Outbound Security. Microsoft touts Windows Vista's significant security improvements but we've found that the firewall in this OS offers little outbound protection.
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9.2.2007 A security issue in Microsoft Windows Deployment Services?
Netanel Ben-Shushan from Israel writes: We've been talked about Microsoft's new tool for remote installation named Windows Deployment Services (or WDS), and Alex told me today that there's an important security issue in WDS.
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19.2.2007 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide updated (2.1)
This updated version of the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide provides specific recommendations for hardening computers that run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) in three distinct enterprise environments. The Legacy Client (LC) environment must support older operating systems such as Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98. In the Enterprise Client (EC) environment, Windows 2000 is the earliest version of the Windows operating system in use.
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26.4.2006 Microsoft Responds On RSS Security Concerns in Windows Vista
After a Black Hat presentation called the potential of RSS feeds as an attack vector into question, Microsoft described steps they have taken to mitigate this.
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9.8.2006 Patch Tuesday: MS plans 5 Security Patches, 4 for Windows
Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
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6.4.2007 Security flaw hits Safari for Windows only hours after release
Thanks to marct for this article. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser on Windows only hours after the software was released.
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12.6.2007 Want Security? Drop Windows and Move to Linux, or Mac OS X
There is no silver bullet solution for security, and no foolproof client operating system. But the fact of the matter is that while neither Linux, nor Mac OS X and not even Windows Vista are panacea solutions for protecting users, they are all less attacked than Windows XP and older versions of the Microsoft platform.
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10.9.2007 Project Codename Sundance Beta – Windows Security Accelerator
Microsoft has debuted into Beta a new project designed to bulletproof the Windows platform along with the Office System.
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17.12.2008 Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
Microsoft’s batch of patches this month is a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite (Word, Works and Excel).
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta security updates
Dear WS03 SP2 Beta Tester,
Beginning in August 2006, Windows Serviceability will release monthly critical security updates for the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta.
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13.8.2006 Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final
Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general
availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet Explorer 7 running on XP SP3 RTM Build 5512.
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8.5.2008Windows 7: Action Center Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following, along with a quick Windows 7 Beta review: Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows
7 including Touch, Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here
is an overview on the new Windows 7 Action Center. Windows Vista Security Center Microsoft introduced the Security Center in Windows Vista where
users can find information about the system security and also troubleshoot security problems if any.
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09.01.2009Vista Stakes Its Future on
Security
Microsoft Corp. is
banking on enhancements to
what it has dubbed the
fundamentals to entice
enterprises to upgrade to the
next version of Windows, known
as
Vista.
The
company will use upcoming
industry shows to sing the
praises of improvements to the
Windows networking stack and
secure networking techniques
such as server and domain
isolation to sell both Vista
and "Longhorn," the planned
update to Windows
Server.
However,
Microsoft may be swimming
upstream against current
technology trends and
advocating changes that could
roil enterprise networks,
according to one
analyst.
Microsoft
will use the RSA Conference in
San Jose, Calif., in February
and the company's TechEd
conference in Boston in June
to demonstrate and evangelize
the security enhancements in
Vista and its upcoming
"Longhorn" version of
Windows, said Mike Schutz,
group product manager for
Microsoft's Windows Server
Division, in Redmond, Wash...
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12.12.2005Security: Security
Enhancements in the .NET
Framework 2.0
Security support in the .NET
Framework got a lot of love in
version 2.0. Here, Keith
Brown takes you on a whirlwind
tour of the goodies you'll
find there...
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28.01.2006Get Web Services Enhancements
3.0 to build Secure Web
Services with Visual Studio
2005
Download the final release of
Web Services Enhancements
(WSE) 3.0. This add-on to the
.NET Framework 2.0 is designed
to build secure Web services
using the latest security
protocols...
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17.11.2005Web Service Security Guidance
Provides architectural,
design, and implementation
guidance for Web service
security by using Web Services
Enhancements (WSE) 3.0.
Includes scenarios, patterns,
decision matrices, and
QuickStarts to help you make
the most appropriate security
decisions...
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21.12.2005Security Briefs: Security
Features in WSE 3.0
Keith Brown has a lot of
experience building secure Web
services with the .NET
Framework and Web Services
Enhancements (WSE). In this
installment of Security
Briefs, he discusses new
security features in WSE 3.0
that have made his life
easier...
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21.10.2005Hackers Beware: Keep Bad Guys
at Bay with the Advanced
Security Features in SQL
Server 2005
Explore security enhancements
in SQL Server 2005 from a
developer's perspective:
endpoint authentication,
support for the security
context of managed code that
executes on the server, and
much more...
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27.05.2006A Peek at IE7's New Security
Microsoft describes some of
the enhancements planned for
browser update...
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26.10.2005Microsoft Investing in Security to Support Needs of Industry Partners and Customers
Q&A: Mark Hassall, Director for Microsoft Forefront Security Partner Marketing, discusses how a new study and enhancements to its partner programs are
helping industry partners become more successful providing effective, streamlined security options for customers...
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14.01.2008Windows 7 security: An overall improvement?
At first glance, build 6801 of
Windows 7 appears very much like Windows Vista; that's because
enhancements to the look and feel part of the operating system typically come late in the development process. Right now, the core programming is
being set, and there are already some changes in how Windows 7 will handle computer security...
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30.10.2008Security Experts: Apple's Snow Leopard Is Less Secure Than Windows, But Safer
Apple users have less protection from viruses and malicious software than Windows users do. But theyre still safer, security experts agree, because so
few malware programs target the Mac.
Apples new
Snow Leopard operating system, which landed in stores Friday, adds a few security enhancements to protect Mac users from
malware. But like previous versions of the Mac OS, Snow Leopard lacks security features that are built in to Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7,
such as full Address Space Layout Randomization to thwart attacks from malicious code.
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03.09.2009Web Services Enhancements 3.0
Hands On Lab - Exploring
Security
Learn how to secure Web
services without writing code,
how to author security
policies, and how to leverage
the WSE programming model to
secure your Web services...
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24.11.2005Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1
Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 integrates multiple scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a comprehensive, layered
solution, helping protect your Microsoft Exchange Server messaging environments from viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content.
This new release provides support for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Windows Server 2008, as well as content filtering and manageability
enhancements. These enhancements include:
- Seamless support for organizations running IPv6.
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Improved content filtering with installable keyword lists that can be used to eliminate email containing profanity in eleven supported languages.
- Improved integration with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager through new management packs that allow administrators to
proactively monitor the state of their Exchange 2007 protection.
- Increased flexibility for scanning or blocking high compression zip
files and RAR archives.
Note: Forefront Security for Exchange users who are running Exchange 2007 RTM and wish to upgrade to Exchange
2007 SP1 must first upgrade to Forefront Security for Exchange SP1.
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30.11.2007Visual Studio Team System
Security Enhancements at a
Glance
Video overview of Visual
Studio Team System security
features...
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30.03.2006Be You: Windows Vista Computers Epitomize Form, Function, Self-Expression
Windows Photo Gallery and
Windows Mobility Center are
among the enhancements
designed to help people pursue
their passion, whether at home
or on the go...
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23.07.2007IE7 to Beef Up Secure Web
Surfing
Internet Explorer 7 will come
with several security
enhancements to HTTPS
connections, a Microsoft
program manager said on the IE
Blog over the weekend. Chief
among the changes is the
disabling of the SSLv2
protocol by default in favor
of the stronger-encryption
available through TSLv1...
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26.10.2005Web Services Enhancements 3.0
Hands On Lab -- Exploring
Messaging
Learn how to use Web Services
Enhancements 3.0 to provide
messaging abilities such as
hosting ASMX Web services in
console applications, using
MTOM to send binary data
efficiently and build your own
peer to peer instant messaging
program...
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24.11.2005Windows Vista Performance
Enhancements
MVP Charlie Russel describes
the new features in Windows
Vista that improve overall
system responsiveness and
reduce startup and shutdown
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22.07.2006Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives
Will solid-state drives thrive on Windows 7? Microsoft is set to address that question at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week.
Microsoft will speak to both overall support for solid-state drives and Windows 7 support for Netbooks in Los Angeles at WinHEC
2008, which kicks off Wednesday.
In a conference abstract titled "Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives," Microsoft
states that "PC systems that have solid-state drives are shipping in increasing volumes" and that it is planning "Windows enhancements that take
advantage of the latest updates to standardized command sets, such as ATA."
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05.11.2008Mozilla Hires Microsoft
Security Exec
Mozilla strengthened its
commitment to security with
the hire of a former Microsoft
executive who was responsible
for some of the security
functionality within Windows
XP SP2 and Windows 2003.
Window Snyder will head
Mozilla's long-term security
strategy planning...
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