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Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer tests app's impact on OS security
Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0, a free tool that can help system administrators, IT security professionals or software developers understand how newly installed applications can affect the security of a Windows OS.
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Qualys boosts security scanning on BrowserCheck plug-in checker
Qualys has completely overhauled its handy free BrowserCheck security browser tool, adding the ability to check multiple plug-ins across different browsers from a single interface and widening its scan to elements of the Windows system.
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Webroot antivirus ditches malware signatures for cloud scanning
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC?s files against a cloud database.
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Microsoft in major Security Essentials 2.0 overhaul
After a mysteriously quiet launch late last week, Microsoft has released version 2.0 of its free Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus client.
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Microsoft Security Essentials 'good' antivirus, says tester
Microsoft's free Security Essentials antivirus software identified 98 percent of over half a million malware samples, an accuracy rating an independent testing company called "very good" today.
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Microsoft free anti-virus software due today
In the works for some time, Microsoft?s free Security Essentials anti-malware software will be available for download on Tuesday, the vendor confirmed.
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Microsoft updates Vista, but not XP
Microsoft has decided it won't patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed last week in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
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Microsoft mea culpa after 'massive' PDF attack
Microsoft said it is working around the clock on a patch for a Windows flaw that is partly responsible for an ongoing attack wave of infected PDFs.
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Adobe exploit in the wild
A PDF file that attacks Adobe's Reader and Acrobat software has been released, just hours after a patch became available, according to Symantec.
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DIY Trojan tool discovered for sale
A new kit for building and customising Trojan malware has been discovered for sale on the Internet.
