Category Archives: Operating Systems and Application Security

Which Mobile Operating System is the most secure?

I invite you to answer poll question: “Which Mobile Operating System is the most secure?” Continue reading

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Security Impact of Cloud Computing

Interesting paper titled “Understanding Cloud-Computing Vulnerabilities” appears in IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine (June 2010 issue). Authors of article are Bernd Grobauer, Tobias Walloschek, Elmar Stöcker, from Siemens (Munich, Germany). It touches topic which is very hot topic nowadays because of increased importance of cloud computing and many discussions and different views of its security advantages and drawbacks. Continue reading

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Windows Server 2008 Security Guide

Windows Server 2008 has been shipped and Security Guide for this server is here. In guide, Microsoft stated: Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, support engineers, partners, and customers have reviewed and approved this prescriptive guidance to make it: Proven. Based on … Continue reading

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Poll Results – The Most Secure Operating Systems Family

Poll “The Most Secure Operating Systems Family is?” has been closed on January 31st, 2008, after it was opened for voting more then 3 months, as planned. You had chance to vote for one of today’s popular (or less popular) … Continue reading

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Validated FIPS 140-1 and FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Modules

See list of Validated 140-1 and 140-2 Cryptographic Modules. You’ll find there that the standard crypto providers such as DSSENH and RSAENH are now certified FIPS 140-2 on Windows Vista.

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Linux Security Expert Joins Core Windows Security Team

It seems that Microsoft is going to attract Linux Security experts to join and to bring different perspective to Widnows security. Recently, Crispin Cowan, who is responsible for a number of very well respected Linux-based security technologies such as StackGuard, the … Continue reading

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Is Windows Live Messenger Trojan

ZoneAlarm by Check Point, firewall, antivirus and antispyware is tool that I use for quite some time on one of my computers. It offered update to new version 7.0.462.000 today. After installation and starting antispyware scan it detected and considered Windows Live … Continue reading

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Bad Design or Backdoor for NSA

A recent paper found a flaw in the Windows 2000 random-number generator. Another paper found flaws in the Linux random-number generator. Back in 1996, an early version of SSL was broken because of flaws in its random-number generator. Bruce Schneier … Continue reading

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Vista Service Pack 1 Focuses on Stability and Security

In its article: Hands-On with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, PC World says: Microsoft’s first service pack for Windows Vista focuses on stability and security. The first service pack for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system won’t arrive until early next … Continue reading

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The Most Secure Operating Systems Family is?

Design by MASSVision. I found cool plugin for WordPress that gives possibility to have polls in blog. If you want this plugin for your blog, you can find it here. Plugin is very easy for use and I put my … Continue reading

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