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Trending Security News In August we started posting the Weekly Roundup to share trending security news from many viewpoints. Week by week the flow of news provides insights into the ever growing challenges faced in the global efforts to secure cyberspace...(read more)

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Trending Security News Carrier IQ, and its diagnostic software that is embedded in millions of smartphones worldwide, dominated the security news this week with all the drama of a fast-paced television show. The story began when researcher Trevor Eckhart...(read more)

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Trending Security News As people in the United States prepared to tuck into their Thanksgiving dinner, and tune out the incessant ads urging them to take advantage of the allegedly great shopping opportunities to follow in the form of Black Friday...(read more)

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Trending Security News Two major players—Facebook and Android—dominated security news this week. The attack on Facebook involved bombarding users with pornography and horridly violent images. Computerworld’s headline captured the...(read more)

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Trending Security News Another win for the good guys this week as a multi-year, international operation dubbed “Operation Ghost Click” resulted with the result of cyber criminals in their native Estonia. The investigation, led by the FBI...(read more)

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Trending Security News The big happening this week was the London Conference on Cyberspace where government and private sector leaders from around the world gathered to share ideas on how to best combat cyber threats and secure the Internet. Scott...(read more)

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Trending Security News Governments around the world highlight the need for stronger cybersecurity as the Washington Post reports: Janet Napolitano: Hackers have ‘come close’ to major cyberattack . The New York Times carried the story Virus...(read more)

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Weekly Roundup : Oct 21, 2011 : The Duqu Mystery – Son of Stuxnet?

by Microsoft Security Staff on October 21, 2011

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Trending Security News This past week saw the return of Stuxnet code in the form of a new intelligence gathering malware attack called Duqu. Network World ran a FAQ on Son of Stuxnet story describing what Duqu is and how it works while Dark Reading...(read more)

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Weekly Roundup : OCT 7, 2011 : Farewell to Steve Jobs, Innovative Genius

by Microsoft Security Staff on October 7, 2011

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Trending Security News The big news in the computer industry this week—and the big news far beyond our industry—was the passing of the innovative genius Steve Jobs. The New York Times story Apple’s Visionary Redefined Digital Age...(read more)

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Playing Better Defense: Protecting Against Cyber Threats

by Jeff Jones - MSFT on September 22, 2011

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I’m happy today to introduce a guest blog post by Matt Thomlinson, the General Manager of Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, who leads the Microsoft Security Engineering Center (MSEC), the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), and...(read more)

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