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Vista Declared Most Secure OS

Published 26 January 8 7:54 AM | Essential Computer Security

Microsoft’s Director of Security, Jeff Jones, published the One Year Vulnerability Report for Windows Vista, in which he demonstrates that Vista is the most secure OS ever measured (based on the criteria used to calculate the first year vulnerability...

Filed under: windows xp, security, Vista, News and Info, vulnerabilities, Windows-Vista, jesper johansson, jeff jones, one year vulnerability report, patches

Slow Month For Microsoft Security Bulletins

Published 11 September 7 9:45 PM | Essential Computer Security

Rarely (if ever- I’ll have to do some research and find out) does Microsoft have 2 back-to-back months of Security Bulletin floods. This month was no exception. In August, Microsoft released 9 Security Bulletins, 6 of which were deemed Critical...

Filed under: windows vista, windows xp, microsoft, security, security bulletins

Radio and TV Appearances

Published 14 January 7 8:40 AM | tonybradley

In recent months I have been contacted more frequently by the media, mostly as a result of marketing efforts for my latest book, Essential Computer Security . I was invited to guest on the IMI-TechTalk radio show at the end of November, and this past...

Filed under: home computer, windows vista, windows xp, security, user, essential computer security, imi-techtalk, tv, radio, fox news, Tom D'Auria, interview, alan lee

IE6 Vulnerable More Than 3/4 Of 2006

Published 7 January 7 9:38 AM | tonybradley

According to a study compiled by the Washington Post's Brian Krebs , Internet Explorer 6 was vulnerable for 284 out of 365 days in 2006. That amounts to over 77% of the year. What does that mean? It means the for 3/4 of the year there were known vulnerabilities...

Filed under: internet, home computer, windows xp, microsoft, security, vulnerability, patch, internet explorer, ie7, web, worm, hack, firefox, zero-day

Data Backup For Home PC Users

Published 5 January 7 11:4 AM | tonybradley

Companies understand the importance of data. Hardware and software can be replaced, but lost data can't. Those companies that don't truly understand the value of consistently backing up critical data are probably mandated to do so anyway by one of the...

Filed under: home computer, windows vista, windows xp, microsoft, security, user, backup, restore

Unpatched Flaw In Microsoft Word Being Exploited

Published 6 September 6 6:27 AM | tonybradley

A flaw in the way Microsoft Word 2000 documents are processed could allow an attacker to execute malicious code remotely on vulnerable systems according to a Secunia alert. Exploit code has been identified in the wild and no patch is currently available...

Filed under: internet, windows xp, microsoft, security, flaw, vulnerability, patch, web, word