SecurityFocus

ActiveX security faces storm before calm
by Robert Lemos, 2006-07-31
A security researcher informs Microsoft of more than 100 flaws in ActiveX controls included with a default installation of Windows XP. Another reason to install Internet Explorer 7?
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11403

Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office
by Robert Lemos, 2006-07-20
Vulnerability researchers and hacker groups are inundating the software giant with flaws in its Office productivity suite, putting the product team on alert for almost an entire summer.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11401

Trusted Computing standards won't apply to Vista - Schneier
by John Leyden, 2005-09-06
Microsoft is dragging its heels about applying guidelines it helped develop for trusted computing to the next version of Windows, according to noted crypto guru Bruce Schneier.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11303

Microsoft quells Vista virus concerns
by John Leyden, 2005-08-08
Microsoft has confirmed that a new scripting tool will not ship as part of the next version of its operating system, Windows Vista.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11271

Hasta la Vista, baby
by John Leyden, 2005-08-04
Virus writers have created proof of concept viruses targeting the scripting language behind prototype versions of Vista, the next version of Windows.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11268

Longhorn following Unix on security?
by Gavin Clarke, 2005-07-11
Microsoft's delayed Longhorn operating system appears to be taking a page from the Unix management book by curbing user's administration rights.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11244

Now Microsoft 'decouples' Longhorn from .NET
by Andrew Orlowski, 2005-05-26
A security architecture touted as one of the core benefits of Microsoft's next major Windows upgrade look like being the next casualty of the Longhorn death march.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11187

Microsoft unveils details of software security process
by Robert Lemos, 2005-05-09
The software giant says it made more than 400 significant feature changes to Windows XP, including eliminating two classes of bugs, during its effort to harden the operating system.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11115

Microsoft reveals hardware security plans, concerns remain
by Robert Lemos, 2005-04-26
The next version of Windows will have security features to take advantage of trusted computing hardware, but worries remain that companies may use the technology to lock users into their products.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11005