The company expanded the capabilities of its basic Internet Connection Firewall and renamed the integrated software Windows Firewall. Where the original security application just closed possible points of entry, the new firewall will also prevent...
One major part of the update was an improved version of its firewall software. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus firm Sophos, said the latest Bagle variants are designed to attack and disable Microsoft’s new firewall...
But at Christmas thousands more rush out to stores to buy what has become just another home entertainment commodity - the personal computer - and many of them have every reason to worry over plugging in a broadband connection.
Other security related updates include an enhanced firewall and added security in Internet Explorer to protect against misuse of domain names with international characters in phishing scams. Microsoft on Monday released another preview version of...
The IDS uses a stateless server, which examines each data packet both going in and out of the firewall individually, unrelated to any previous request. The researchers found it was possible to circumvent the Chinese intrusion detection systems (IDS...
The attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 systems through a hole in the domain name system, or DNS, service, Microsoft said in a security advisory. These include disabling remote management over RPC capability for DNS servers...