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It's ready people - exchange 2007 has been released to manufacture

After much waiting it's finally here - Microsoft Exchange 2007 was Released to Manufacture (RTM) on Friday 8th December 2007. It will be appearing on the TechNet Plus (and MSDN) subscriber download area soon. The release announcement is available here Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 9:00 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

LINUX enthusiasts host podcast about windows vista!

Note: There are some swear words in the podcast so please don't follow the link if you're likely to be offended. Thanks again to James and Andy from Stikkit Technology for inviting me to join their podcast to talk about security for Microsoft systems Read More...
Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 8:18 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Join us for an entire day of Vista, Exchange and Office demos at the UK IT PRO Launch

12th December 2006. Thames Valley Park. Free. Limited places. A whole day of demos. Two servers with quad CPU and 8 Gb of RAM. Did I mention loads and loads of back to back demos? Be there or be still living in Windows XP and Office System 2003. Do it. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 10:15 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

Second Life's grey goo attack was the biggest in-game worm to date

Steve Horne wrote a thought provoking post about being locked out of Second Life due to the Grey Goo attack. Slashdot's post explained pretty clearly what happened as follows: "Spinning gold rings began to appear in the air and on the ground, and as users Read More...
Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 10:04 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

The little apple logo will protect us all!

There's a little story on the ever entertaining Stupid Security blog that explains how the mere presence an Apple Mac logo is (or rather is not) enough to ward off all nasty malware. It made me smile. If only information was a simple as changing brands. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:51 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

where can i find a technical description of how bitlocker works?

Mitch Tulloch posted a short article looking at both the business imperitive for securing corporate laptops and technical basis for doing so with Bitlocker on Windows Vista. Mitch's post includes links to some interesting sources of information including Read More...
Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 11:34 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Free Enterprise Security briefing in posh london hotel - gartner are speaking

This is the follow up event from a really successful Enterprise Security summit held earlier in the year. Judging by the following blurb together with quality of the speakers I expect this to be another good event that should be well worth your time if Read More...
Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 1:21 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Here's a nice explaination of why patchguard prevents Windows Vista from being hooked

Jesper Johansson's post Microsoft blog includes an nice concise explaination of WHAT PatchGuard does AND why it's important for Windows Vista (and Server 2003 SP1 on 64 bit) to prevent the kernel from being hooked. Reading Jesper's post titled "Security Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:16 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Why on earth do some people think that biometrics are a form of authentication?

Steve Riley's recent post links to a Myth Busters demonstration of three different techniques to beat an "Unbreakable" biometric door lock . I presume that the best practise advice from the lock's manufacturer recommended including a form of authentication Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:14 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

Talks about Windows Vista Security and how to defeat Malware in Edinburgh in November

The Business Technology Alliance User Group are a very active community based in Scotland. On the 29th November 2006 there will be an evening of technical discussion no doubt including intense technical debate at Microsoft's Offices in Edinburgh. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:00 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Alun Rogers of the IT Pro Security User Group will be speaking @ NxtGenUG's Halloween Spooktacular 2 next week

Join Alun and the folk from the NxtGenUG on Monday 30th October in Birmingham (England!) for a talk about how to deal with Viruses and Malware. Click here to read the details for yourself . Last year's gathering was really good fun and included a technical Read More...
Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 9:42 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Blimey - the team at Microsoft Research (MSR) in Cambridge are smart!

I'm working at Microsoft Research (MSR) in Cambridge today and am staggered by the incredibly complicated formulae and associated calulations on the wall behind me. I studied Mathematics as part of my degree many years ago but I can't make any sense of Read More...
Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 12:04 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

All you ever wanted to know about Windows Vista's Bitlocker drive encryption and secure start up technologies

Bitlocker is the feature of Windows Vista that I'm asked about more than any other. There follows a list of links to an excellent series of resources covering BitLocker in technical detail. Before I get to the guides I'd also like to refer you to the Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:07 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

If you're in Newcastle (England) today and would like to talk about security then come and meet the GetSafeOnline team

GetSafeOnline is a partnership between Government, Law Enforcement and Commerce - in excess of fifty people have volunteered our time to get out on the road for a week. Our focus is to raise the security awareness of the UK consumers so if you have a Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:53 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

Early notice about an upcomming training course titled asp.net exploits and countermeasures

NxtGenUG and Dinis Cruz from IOActive have teamed up to run two 2 day "Advanced ASP.NET Exploits and Countermeasures" training courses. One will be held in London and one in Birmingham. The courses will be in-depth training on learning how sophisticated Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:50 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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