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Hello world. Welcome to a new blog from Microsoft. The focus of this blog is likely to be a little different from most other blogs you'll see on blogs.msdn.com. Microsoft employs some of the best hackers in the world and actively recruits them and...

I am on a red eye flight back to Seattle from Dulles, VA where I just finished delivering some security training. Traveling back in time, jet lagged, not able to sleep so I thought of finishing my blog post for this week to kill some time. :) Ok, so...

Hi folks, I am Anmol Malhotra and I work with ACE Services Team as a security consultant. There are lots of security principles which one should be aware of while developing software but at the heart of any secure application, there should be a first...

Platform features for validating input in .NET Framework There are many platform features which should be leveraged wherever possible. Some of the key validation features supported by .NET framework are given below: ValidateRequest ASP.NET...

Hi, my name is Hassan Khan. I work for the ACE Engineering Team, which is a part of the ACE (Application Consulting & Engineering) Team . We develop tools and solutions to help secure Microsoft Line of Business applications, websites and also work...

Discover the New HelloSecureWorld Security Resource www.HelloSecureWorld.com provides a powerful experience for promoting security awareness and education in the developer community by surfacing existing content as well as new. Well, If you like...

Precaution: Are you consuming Unexpected Input Technology is developing fast and web programming languages are coming up with features or ways to ease the job of our developers. Although it brings a smile on developers face, there is a flip side to this...

Hello everyone, as promised I am back with the next post on input validation series for web applications. Knowledge is power right :). So knowing what all things to validate when you start your web project can save you a lot of headache down the road...

First of all folks, my apologies for this delayed post. I have been traveling and busy doing a very interesting Threat Modeling exercise . But i am back & Lets cover some other validation bloopers - SQL injection Weak Validation...

Over the last several weeks after launching this blog we’ve had several logistical issues to deal with and I’m hoping all of those are now addressed so we can get on with what you’ve been asking for, some great content!! Initially I had named the blog...

What's hot in Microsoft security: White lists; Blue hats A discussion on Symantec’s proposal to whitelist everything on a Windows box as well as a summary of Microsoft’s Bluehat 10 Microsoft Security Links to Blow Your Mind Pretty self explanatory...

Thank you all for the tremendous response and support. I've gotten so many of your messages that I've not been able to respond to them all individually. We are working through some logistical issues but look forward to getting things going very soon....

Many times when we’re speaking with a customer or reviewing material from security vendors, the inclination we’ve seen is to rely on penetration testing or code analysis/scanning tools and other solutions to make up for the fact that there is no comprehensive...

Microsoft Research Reveals New Trends in Cybercrime This is well worth reading if you're in Info Sec... I particularly was nodding my head violently yes when I read the following: "The research indicates there are tensions within organizations over...

Eugene Siu, a Senior Security Consultant on the ACE Team has just published a great article summarizing some of the pitfalls and issues around web services security. You can read the whole article here. -techjunkie

We're super excited to have Mark aboard, Mark was formerly running FoundStone Consulting and also founded OWASP . Here's Mark's note about joining and you can also check out Mark's own blog here. -techjunkie

Inside the Matrix for Mobiles A pretty interesting concept: hack together a platform for connecting the innards of over one hundred different types of cell phones and then connect them to servers allowing virtual access for testing purposes over the...

All about the data: IT security starts with a data-centric worldview ACE Team's Roger A. Grimes has posted a great summary of the importance of having a data-centric way of looking at things for computer/information security to work in an IT environment...