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    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    Netwrix Releases First Ever Hybrid Cloud Visibility Solution

    Netwrix Auditor 8.0 enables security threat prevention and increases visibility into data stored both on-premises and in the cloud

    WindowSecurity Editor Posted On April 13, 2016

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    How does Windows 10 intrude your privacy?

    SoftOrbits is reporting on ways to stop Windows 10 spying on users.

    WindowSecurity Editor Posted On January 27, 2016

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    Microsoft might add public-key pinning technology

    Public key pinning can help to protect against man-in-the-middle attacks and according to recent reports, Microsoft is considering adding it to IE

    Deb Shinder Posted On November 23, 2014

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    Most Devs don't use a Security Process

    According to a study conducted by ComScore and referenced by Microsoft's head of Trustworthy Computing, fewer than half of developers are using a security development process when creating applications.

    Deb Shinder Posted On July 22, 2013

    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    Stop before you plug in that USB drive

    It's a natural impulse: You find a USB stick lying around, and the first thing you want to do is find out what's on it. But too often, those flash […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On April 1, 2013

    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    Targeted Malware: IT pros are getting nervous

    According to a recent survey done by Bit9, targeted malware is the top concern of IT/security professionals once again this year. And in fact, a fourth of the respondents said […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On April 1, 2013

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    Microsoft releases updates to Sysinternals tools

    A while back, I did a series here on Windowsecurity.com about how to use some of the great Sysinternals tools developed by Mark Russinovich in tracking down malware. Specifically, I […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On April 1, 2013

    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    Internet slowdown due to "biggest attack in history"

    Our European friends have been experiencing a slowdown in Internet access recently, and there's a good reason. They're calling it the "biggest DDoS attack in the history of the Internet" […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On April 1, 2013

    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    Why you should wipe the drive after a malware infection

    Think you've completely removed all traces of that malware that infected one of your organization's computers? Maybe not. Many types of malicious software leave behind small but important configuration changes […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On March 27, 2013

    Debra Shinder WS Blog
    DoD accepts CompTIA's CASP certification

    Here's good news for those of you who have earned the CompTIA Advanced Security Practioner certification, which the company's vice president says is the toughest technical exam related to network […]

    Deb Shinder Posted On March 27, 2013

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