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  • Decoding the lessons of Slammer

    Mike Nash, vice president of Microsoft's security business unit, takes stock of the software maker's war on worms and viruses.

  • Microsoft's blast from the past

    A year ago, the author of the MSBlast computer worm taunted Microsoft with a message in the fast-spreading program: "billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!!"

  • Microsoft enlists developers in security push

    Microsoft is readying updates to its programming tools that will be released in tandem with Windows XP Service Pack 2, a security-oriented release of Windows due later this year.

  • Gartner echoes concerns over Microsoft 'monoculture'

    Exclusive reliance on Windows could subject firms to greater damage during a cyberattack, says an upcoming Gartner report. The note mirrors a paper by prominent security researchers.

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  • Web on watch for common enemies

    Security experts are watching out for attacks that burrow through two new flaws, warning that the vulnerabilities are a bigger threat because of people's reliance on the targeted software.

Reviews (1)

  • MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

    COMMENTARY--One year ago, Bill Gates challenged his Microsoft troops to make the company's products more trustworthy. What's been accomplished? A bit. What still needs to be done? A lot.

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