Microsoft has been slammed for trying to force customers to upgrade to its latest products by refusing to provide acceptable levels of security in its older offerings.
Analyst firm Gartner said that the software giant's recent round of security announcements represents a "missed opportunity" to clarify its strategy for the security market, and articulate its position for product security across desktops, servers and server gateways.
As Microsoft readies it's latest security software for it's Windows operating systems, some say it may catch the eye of antitrust regulators. There is concern that if Microsoft ties it's new anti-virus software too close to it's operating systems or prices it too far below competing prices, it could potentially stifle competition from an already well-established anti-virus software market.
Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program has had its share of critics. But this week, a number of open-source advocates joined the ranks of those questioning Microsoft's methods for thwarting software piracy.
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Microsoft is recalling power cords on 14.1 million Xbox consoles worldwide, following reports of injuries due to defective electrical components.
The company announced the recall on Thursday, saying it is aimed at protecting the consoles from electrical-component failures that can pose a fire hazard. So far, such failures have been reported in 30 consoles, causing minor injury or property damage, Microsoft said. Seven customers reported burns to their hands. In the rest of the cases, the defect caused smoke damage or minor damage to a carpet or entertainment center.
Microsoft Corp. security researchers are warning about a new generation of powerful system monitoring programs, or "rootkits," that are almost impossible to detect using current security products and that could pose a serious risk to corporations and individuals. The researchers discussed the growing threat posed by kernel root kits at a session at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The malicious snooping programs are becoming more common and could soon be used to create a new generation of mass-distributed spyware and worms.
The purpose of this article is to explain the existence of alternate data streams in Microsoft Windows, demonstrate how to create them by compromising a machine using the Metasploit Framework, and then use freeware tools to easily discover these hidden files.
Microsoft said Tuesday that Japanese hackers had discovered a potential weakness in its copy protection technology but that the software company fixed the flaw before it was widely used.
Making Windows more secure is Bill Gates' current obsession, but doing so will take quite a bit of effort and a boatload of new Microsoft products that are designed to plug holes and shore up the many weaknesses in its desktop and server operating systems and applications.
Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of Internet Explorer, the world's most widely used Internet browsing software, with new, built-in security features, Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday.
"We have decided to do a new version of Internet Explorer, this is IE 7," Gates said at the RSA Security Conference being held in San Francisco.
