Security

May 28, 2014

In addition to monthly security updates, IT professionals can now turn to myBulletins, a new online security bulletin service that gives them a personalized list of the Microsoft security bulletins that matter most to their organization.

May 19, 2014

We received great feedback on our blog post about protecting yourself against increasingly sophisticated tech support phone scams. Another well-known trick is the website pop-up, that little browser window that sometimes appears while you’re searching the Web.

May 16, 2014

The blog suggests: Create a strong password, protect your password, enable two-step verification, make sure the security information associated with your account is current and watch out for phishing scams.

May 12, 2014

If you recently received an email from “Facebook” telling you that you haven’t been to the social networking site for a few days, and that your messages will be deleted unless you click on a link in the email, do not click on that link or others in the email, writes Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager.

May 7, 2014

Microsoft’s latest cybersecurity report, released Wednesday, shows a 70 percent decline in the number of severe vulnerabilities that were exploited in Microsoft products between 2010 and 2013. The report suggests that the security measures Microsoft has included in newer software has helped make life more difficult for would-be attackers, writes Tim Rains, Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing director.