Microsoft has agreed to make sweeping changes to its Passport authentication system as part of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.
A group of privacy organisations have detailed a complaint it plans to submit to the FTC, charging Microsoft with inadequate security and privacy provisions in the forthcoming Windows XP and alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.
The software giant began notifying Passport users in the past 24 hours of changes that would give them more control over their accounts and increased privacy and security.
Microsoft faces a possible investigation and significant fines for a security lapse that could have exposed the personal information of millions of consumers.
Microsoft "security" is so simple to penetrate that you don't need a hacker; in fact, a trained chimp would be overqualified.
Microsoft this summer will lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.
Microsoft intends to lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.
If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.
Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.
Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.
The first test version of the new email software blocks external content in Web-based email.
Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.
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