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July 2006 - Posts

Good News - TechNet Plus subscribers can now dowload the latest versions of Windows Vista and Office

It's been a long time coming but finally TechNet Plus subscriber downloads provides online access to the latest CTP builds of Microsoft Infrastructure products including Windows Vista and 2007 Office System. I know that many of you have been frustrated Read More
posted Monday, July 31, 2006 12:28 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Thanks to everyone that took part in LUGRadio Live 2006 - a huge LINUX User Group event

It was brilliant to see over four hundred people taking part in the UK's largest LINUX User Group get together. As you'd imaging there was plenty of debating the finer points of all areas of Open Source development and applications. LUGRadio was billed Read More
posted Friday, July 28, 2006 6:07 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Another tweak to get Aero Glass working reliably

In addition to my earlier post detailing how to get Aero Glass working I've found that making a change to the BIOS on my machine has ensured that I can now reliably use an external monitor and also project. The setting in question specifies whether Read More
posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 5:53 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Why are the "M" and "N" keys wearing out on my keyboard?

I'm using a couple of laptops - one is nearly three years old and for some bizarre reason only the "M" and "N" keys are loosing the symbols printed on the key. I could understand if the vowels were wearing out. Someone helpfully suggested that I Read More
posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:39 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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I am NOT a Number but I'm not afraid of sharing my telephone number with all of you

Following Eileen's lead I've decided to post my mobile phone number on my blog. Bearing in mind that I disclose it to anyone who asks and I'd like to be contactable by anyone who's interested in the sames things as I am it seems like a good idea. I just Read More
posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:28 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Criminals are using Phishing attacks to compromise banking sites that use two factor authentication

Netcraft have reported cases of banking sites being compromised even though they use two factor authentication. The scam is pretty straight forward as it's low tech and relies upon mis-directing the user rather than exploiting a vulnerability on the target Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:08 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Where can I find technical details of Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities

Browse here to find the technical details pertaining to Security Vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:40 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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65 vulnerabilities have been reported for a product that was billed as unbreakable

According to the SANS diary a popular database vendor announced 65 security vulnerabilites yesterday. That seems a great deal for a product that was billed as being "unbreakable". Let's be clear - all software (of any size) has vulnerabilities - accepting Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:24 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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If you run LINUX then you need to read about these two kernel vulnerabilites

There are a couple of privilege escalation vulnerabilities that have recently been posted on the SANS Internet Storm Centre site. If you run LINUX it's worth taking a look as in theory these may cause you pain regardless of your distro and package choices. Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:17 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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I'm delighted that Microsoft have announced that we will acquire Winternals software and Sysinternals

Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell have provided excellent tools and resources at Winternals and Sysinternals for many years. I'm delighted that Mark will become a technical fellow in the Platform and Services division of Microsoft. I would have posted Read More
posted Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:53 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Which platform has the most security vulnerabilities?

This is a question that often comes up during conversations between meetings of people who hold different views of which platform is best. When looking at any such vulnerability statistics I think it's important to consider that a single vulnerability Read More
posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:33 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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I'm looking forward to debating LINUX and OpenSource Security with the community at LUGRadio this weekend

If you're into Open Source and or LINUX and plan to be in the UK this weekend perhaps you'd enjoy LURadio Live 2006. There's sure to be plenty of lively debate and if last year's event is anything to go by there are likely to be in excess of six hundred Read More
posted Monday, July 17, 2006 10:25 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Fancy Winning an Xbox 360? Do you have what it takes to prove that you're a TechNet Supremo?

OK so this is clearly a "Marketing thing" but it's aim is pure and simple - to encourage people to browse the wealth of information on TechNet to help everyone get the most from the features of our products. The competition is free to enter and the Read More
posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:36 AM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
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How will InfoCard work? What are the Laws of Identity? Who's Kim Cameron?

Thanks again to Kim Cameron (Microsoft's lead Identity Architect) for both joining us at last week's TechNet Security Summit and for posting a wealth of interesting conjecture on his Identity Blog. There's a great White Paper outlining the Laws of Identity Read More
posted Monday, July 10, 2006 6:17 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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If only all Security messages could be this clear ¦ What will it take to get users to lock their desktops?

  Note: I took this picture myself - it's not a fake. Clearly we don't want to use scare tactics for Information Security but my ongoing frustration with users who fail to bother locking their PC desktop sessions when leaving their machines unattended Read More
posted Friday, July 07, 2006 6:13 AM by Steve Lamb | 12 Comments
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I'm grappling with which device to get next to replace my C500 Smartphone

My current C500 Smartphone is one of the few mobile telephones that I've been happy with for more than the first month or two of ownership - I've had it for two years now. I use it to read/write email whilst on the move, as a personal music device and Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:50 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Perhaps we're too paranoid - there are many nice people out there too!

Following yesterday's TechNet Security Summit (in London) I invited the audience to adjourn to the local pub - I was amazed quite how many of you joined me especially as I clearly stated that I wasn't proposing to buy the Beer! It was quite funny for Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:38 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Here are links to follow-up information referenced in yesterday's TechNet Security Summit

Thanks to everyone who join us yesterday for our TechNet Security Summit in London. In particular thanks to Kim Cameron with demonstrations from David Brown and Charles who explained Microsoft's ethos and details for Identity Management. One thing that Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:24 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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