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Security Blogs RSS

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Aaron Margosis' WebLog
Aaron Margosis, June 19, 2006

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Steve Riley on Security
Steve Riley, July 10, 2006

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Blue : Finger Print Scanning
Chris Henley, March 31, 2005

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Larry Osterman's WebLog : Security
Larry Osterman, March 10, 2006

•	Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog

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Recent Security Blog Posts RSS

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Information about claims about unchecked boundary condition vulnerability in Word
Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog!, July 10, 2006

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Lock picking sur le second podcast de vulnerabilite.com
Stanislas Quastana's WebLog, July 10, 2006

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How will InfoCard work? What are the Laws of Identity? Who's Kim Cameron?
Steve Lamb's Blog, July 10, 2006

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Quarantaine VPN : un concurrent à QSS --> Winfrasoft VPN-Q 2006
Stanislas Quastana's WebLog, July 10, 2006

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More Interlaced / Progressive Info
HD DVD / Randomness..., July 10, 2006

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Meet the Security MVPs

Christopher Boyd - Windows - Security
A researcher of malware, spyware and hacking exploits, Boyd (known online as "Paperghost") was originally a staff writer for Vitalsecurity.net back in...

Tony Bradley - Windows - Security
Tony is a Fortune 100 security architect and consultant with more than 8 years of computer networking and administration experience, focusing the last...

Blair Briggs - Windows - Security
Blair is site administrator and owner of two Microsoft Expert Zone communities, GeeksToGo.com and TomCoyote.org. TomCoyote is in partnership with Tom ...

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Recent Security MVP Solutions RSS

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Microsoft Security Center

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification Program

Microsoft is announcing the public availability of its Security Bulletin Advance Notification program to provide customers with advanced general information on monthly security updates.

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Test security features of various servers as well as tools like the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Software Update Services in our virtual lab.

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Listen to Robert Scoble's interview with Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Technology Unit, and get his take on the zeitgeist for the security industry.

Recent Security Knowledge Base Articles RSS

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Microsoft Security Center

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Frequently asked questions about the Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker (HFNetChk) functionality that is integrated into the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

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Windows 2000 Security Rollup Package 1 (SRP1), January 2002

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A denial of service security issue about the W32.Slammer worm

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"Security Accounts Manager Initialization Failed" Error Message When You Start Windows XP

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Top Security Downloads RSS

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Windows® Defender (Beta 2)

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.NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

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Security Update for Windows XP (KB911280)

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Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB917425)

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Windows® Defender (Beta 2) x64

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