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A Simple Software Security Guy at Microsoft!
A couple of good/upbeat news items - all this work is paying off!

Worm Lull, Windows XP SP2 Keeping Outbreaks At Bay

http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/161501182

"It seems that a more secure Windows environment is one of the main reasons for the relative quiet during the first quarter of this year."

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1787561,00.asp

"With dozens of security and performance improvements, Service Pack 1 is a must-have upgrade for any enterprise running Windows Server 2003."

 

Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:56 PM by michael_HOWARD
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Christian said:

And what about this:

http://seclists.org/lists/nmap-hackers/2005/Apr-Jun/0000.html

Why crippeling XP so that NMAP doesn't run anymore.

And WinPCAP can be AUTOMATICALLY silently installed by trojans, if they want to!!!
# April 25, 2005 4:05 PM
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