Security

The primary objective of the BlueHat Conference Series is to build bridges between Microsoft developers and executives, key security program partners, and members of the security research community while educating the greater Microsoft population on security threats and mitigations. BlueHat v12…

At the Black Hat security conference, Microsoft demonstrated a new security tool called the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit or EMET, which would allows older programs (like IE6) to receive new vulnerability patches. The software, an update to the original version of EMET, released back in…

One of the most interesting apps in the realm of security that I saw at this year’s DEMO conference was the new anti-virus product from a company called CoreTrace. The product, called BOUNCER, takes an entirely different approach to blocking unwanted malware. Instead of using a blacklist like…

You can count on there being some great sessions in Open Space at MIX. Tim Kulp sent me a link to his blog with a good idea for a session. He wants to discuss how to use the Microsoft technology stack to build applications to HHS/CMS standards. One great thing about the Open Space format is that you…

The free security software called Microsoft Security Essentials has been updated to a new version, available for download from here. This anti-malware program now includes several new features like Windows Firewall integration (it asks if you want the firewall on), IE integration (for…

At this year’s DEMO conference, one of the best demos was from a Pune, India-based company called Maverick Mobile. Their new mobile application helps protect the data on your phone in the event the phone is lost or stolen. The app can be used to back up your data, encrypt it, track your device,…

Despite what the Mac commercials would have you believe, the latest Mac operating system is actually less secure than either Vista or Windows 7. That’s not me saying this, mind you, it’s noted security expert, Charlie Miller. According to a recent ComputerWorld article, Miller is quoted as saying…

Tamir Gal has a Secure Shell (SSH) library for .Net.  What is SSH you ask?  SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices SharpSSH allows you to read/write data and transfer files over SSH channels using an API similar…

Over on gHacks, Martin recently previewed a new tool that system admins for small shops will find handy: Black Coffee. Presumably named for one of the favorite beverages of I.T. pros everywhere, the utility provides an admin an easy way to enable and disable certain options on a PC like disabling…

I was reading a great post on LifeHacker about TrueCryprt, a free, open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux. The software, which creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real hard disk, sounds pretty awesome on its own. However, a commenter,…