When navigating to the Bing web site through a secure connection, a security certificate error message greets you in most browsers. At present, certificate providers are mostly likely to blame. More...

As its national dependence upon digital technology develops, India has outlined plans to establish a high-security domestic voice and data network, exclusively for Government communications. More...

Paul Cooke, Director Windows Client group, today announced at the Windows Blog the beta release of project codename Sundance. The project is released by the Microsoft's Solution Accelerator team and is aimed at configuring and... More...

Aston Secure Desktop is a security build of Aston 1.x branch. It possesses all the features of regular Aston shell, but constrains the ability to alter the admin-defined settings. This restricted version is highly recommended... More...

Windows Vista was hit by significantly fewer publicly disclosed security flaws in its first year than Windows XP and open source rivals in their first years, according to a report from Microsoft. The report, written... More...

Microsoft is continuing its thrust to help developers write more secure and better quality code. The Redmond, Wash., software company is putting new code analysis features into the next version of its development tools suite,... More...

A new web browser has hit the market and aims to provide you with the most secure internet experience possible. The e-Capsule Private Browser has been developed by Enterprise Information Security Systems and Technology (EISST)... More...

Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security... More...

This article will walk you through the fine details of conceiving, installing, and securing a wired and Wi-Fi local-area network. For the purposes of this project, we're envisioning a 600-square foot physical space for four... More...

The U.S. agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of Microsoft's Vista operating system, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday. The National Security Agency (NSA) stepped in to help Microsoft develop... More...

Last week's disclosure of a zero-day vulnerability in Windows Vista doesn't put a lie to the claim that it's the safest Microsoft operating system so far, a company security manager has said. "The finding of... More...

Sony promised that users around the world hoping to buy a PS3 could register their online name on launch day, this promise, although kept, has been released a month late, but of course, is very... More...

Early in 2007, Seagate Technology will begin shipping its first widely available hard drives with built-in encryption. The Momentus 5400 FDE.2 (which stands for Full Disk Encryption 2) will include a special encryption chip that... More...

A security feature used in the open-source world is now helping to harden Windows Vista against buffer overrun exploits. Microsoft has quietly fitted the feature, called ALSR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in Windows Vista Beta... More...

Secure Password Manager is a desktop utility that spares you the trouble of filling in your logins, passwords, and other personal data manually. You can automatically fill in password in ANY application (IE, Netscape, Opera,... More...

Microsoft's program to ensure that developers build secure code is showing early signs of success, according to a senior executive from the company. The Security Development Lifecycle program is one of the results of Microsoft's... More...

Macromedia Inc. and Speedera Networks on Monday launched a secure delivery system for Internet video aimed at boosting pay-per-view video and other online subscription services. Macromedia, a multimedia software maker, said the secure service for... More...

Microsoft plans to release in December new software designed to secure instant messaging and other communications within big companies. The Redmond, Wash., company said Tuesday that its Live Communications Server 2005 software... More...

If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your credit card ready. Microsoft this week reiterated that it would... More...

XML-based system wraps exciting graphics around high levels of spam and virus protection. Your first look at Metamail delivers a new and dramatic level of e-mail eye-candy, but underneath that beautiful exterior... More...

After submitting its Caller ID e-mail authentication specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) earlier this week, Microsoft Corp. is now in detailed discussions to merge the specification with another, called Sender Policy Framework,... More...

To many Mac users, the recent news report of an Apple OS X security vulnerability seemed like an anomaly. While Windows users are greeted almost weekly with a new virus or worm, OS X users... More...

Sun Microsystems Inc. will continue to offer the Trusted Solaris version of its operating system as a separate product, a company official said Tuesday, trying to clear up any confusion that Sun may have caused... More...

British cyber security firm mi2g recently announced the results of a study that names Mac OS X one of the most secure online server operating systems in the world, alongside the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)... More...

Thanks Test Zero. Internet Explorer is now just about the most secure browser available, says Microsoft - because so many security holes have been filled Last week's Internet Explorer patch has made the... More...

Latest cons show increasing sophistication of cyber-criminals Online shoppers are being warned to look out for fraudulent websites dressed up as real businesses following the launch of a police investigation into a... More...

The MSN® network of Internet services, the world's No. 1 online destination, and Network Associates Inc. (NYSE:NET), the leading provider of intrusion prevention solutions, announced a worldwide relationship today that McAfee® Security's anti-virus and personal... More...

When engineers building the computers of tomorrow convene this week to hear the latest technology from Intel, the world's largest chipmaker will discuss plans to make server chips more secure and ways to boost battery... More...

IBM is expected to announce a partnership with software maker Adobe Systems to boost security in documents created with Adobe's Acrobat software. Forms and other documents created in the portable document format... More...

If technology firms like Sony and Microsoft have their way, songs and movies will expire after a single play -- unless you pay the copyright holder their due. The technology that makes this... More...

Learn more about Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB): new security technology for the Microsoft Windows platform. Explore the resources on this page to discover how NGSCB can help create a more trustworthy computing environment.... More...

New Security Initiatives Make Trustworthy Computing Actionable for IT Professionals Today at Microsoft® Tech·Ed, Scott Charney, chief trustworthy computing strategist at Microsoft Corp., announced several new security initiatives that continue the... More...

Saw this over at ActiveWin and thought it might make a nice discussion. Dell Computer Corp. is preparing to sell PCs with Microsoft Corp.'s operating system in a mode that will provide more... More...

Consumers shouldn't be worried that Microsoft Corp.'s new security technology will wrest control of their PCs and give it to media companies, Bill Gates said on Tuesday. They can always choose not to use it,... More...

Promising to open the floodgates for media content delivery, RealNetworks is releasing a digital rights management platform that supports both standards-based and Internet media formats, such as RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, and MPEG-4. ... More...

According to reports today scientists from the QinetiQ organisation have managed to send a key for encryption just under 15 miles (a new record), opening the door for security of an unparalleled level in the... More...

VeriSign and AOL are testing a secure version of AOL's instant messaging service to sell into enterprises, it emerged during VeriSign's analysts day on Thursday last week. According to reports from the... More...

Thanks Stuart for informing me of this article posted by Paul Thurrott on Wininformant. This offers a rare insight on changing attitudes towards Microsoft and its commitment to security in its Windows Operating Systems. ... More...

Thanks Grant for this email which I have posted as received (few changes here and there) but thanks! GlobalSCAPE (Makers of CuteFTP) have released an FTP Server called Secure FTP Server. Its in its beta... More...

Napster will launch a test version of its new service on Thursday which prevents the unauthorized sharing of copyrighted files -- a feature which made the original service popular among users but hated by the... More...

Zeus Technology is releasing Zeus Web Server 4.0, an update of its flagship software which has never been hacked, according to Andrew Parker, principal consultant at Zeus. "We've never had a security... More...