In the last three articles in my series on stored passwords, I mainly discussed Windows-related passwords. Today, I will...
Submitted by Edward Lansink – Blog: GFI Tech blog GFI WebMonitor Freeware is a freeware web filtering and web...
Last week, I discussed some popular myths about the built-in Administrator account. Today, I will talk about a related...
The myths about so-called hidden built-in administrator account in Windows Vista and Windows 7
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Some days ago, I stumbled across an article over at MS Windows Vista Compatible Software that explains how to...
Is Vista less secure than Windows 2000? How the Vista bashing industry works
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When I started reading my RSS feeds this morning, one of the first headings that caught my attention was...
I have been asked to write an article about the Windows Vista vs. XP issue for the German magazine...
Submitted by Jeff Botts (The website is in German but has a translation link at the top.) This is...
Larry Dignan from ZDNet compared the vulnerabilities of Mac OS X with Windows XP and Windows Vista in 2007....
Microsoft has a new blog: hackers at microsoft. No, these hackers are not trying to hack into Google to...
Only 50 percent of IT managers upgrade to Vista because of its improved security
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An InformationWeek article discusses a new study that provides information on what IT managers think about Vista’s improved security....
Last week, when I reported about this new Symantec study comparing different operating systems with respect to the vulnerabilities...
Update: I am working on a new series about the Vista x86 vs. Vista x64 issue. The first one...
Why and when it makes sense to use the outbound filter of Windows Firewall in Vista
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Sometime ago there was a debate on 4sysops about the use of outbound filtering for personal firewalls. Some argued...
Paul Thurrott wrote an excellent article about Vista’s new security features. After reading it, you might get the impression...
Preston Gralla reported that during the Black Hat security conference hackers managed to crack into Windows Vista. He acknowledged...
There is a new white paper titled Microsoft Windows Security Advancements (Word file). Usually, I only skim the papers...
There is an on going debate ever since Microsoft announced that outbound filtering in Windows Vista’s firewall...
