Ultimate Windows Security Newsletter: Past Issues

Older issues:

Issue #48: June 26, 2007

• 12 Requirements of PCI DSS

Issue #47: June 12, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Observer: Server admins get off easy; workstation admins moderately affected

Issue #46: May 23, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update - New MS Security Resources for Proactively Combatting Malicious Documents

Issue #45: May 08, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Observer

Issue #44: April 17, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update

Issue #43: April 10, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update

Issue #42: April 3, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update: Analysis of today’s out-of-band Microsoft security bulletin

Issue #41: March 27, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update: SP2, Log Management Summit & BitLocker Tool

Issue #40: March 20, 2007

• Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003

Issue #39: February 27, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update-Posters are on the way

Issue #38: February 13, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Observer: Workstation admins commence crying; MS anti-malware becomes agent of malware

Issue #37: February 05, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update: Office documents remain a popular attack vector; 3 steps for proactive mitigation

Issue #36: January 30, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Update

Issue #35: January 09, 2007

• Patch Tuesday Observer: Vista and IE7 remain unscathed but still a bad month for workstation vulnerabilities

Issue #34: January 05, 2007

• new security log and Vista security resources

Issue #33: December 18, 2006

• Patch Tuesday Update: 2 quick lessons from the past week

Issue #32: December 12, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 7 Microsoft Security Bulletins for December 2006.

Issue #31: November 30, 2006

• BitLocker and TPM.

Issue #30: November 21, 2006

• Proof of concept code makes MS06-070 more important to install on Windows 2000.

Issue #29: November 14, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 5 Microsoft Security Bulletins for November 2006.

Issue #28: November 7, 2006

• Issue #27: November 1, 2006 Patch Tuesday Update and the New Security Log Poster.

Issue #27: November 1, 2006

• Patch Tuesday Update and the New Security Log Poster.

Issue #26: October 25, 2006

• Patch Tuesday Update: Should you re-install MS06-061?

Issue #25: October 10, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 10 Microsoft Security Bulletins for October 2006.

Issue #24: September 27, 2006

• This month we have the dubious privilege of witnessing a 2nd Patch Tuesday.

Issue #23: September 13, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 3 Microsoft Security Bulletins for September 2006

Issue #22: August 23, 2006

• Update on MS06-042 problems; if you haven't loaded MS06-040 install it YESTERDAY

Issue #21: August 8, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 12 Microsoft Security Bulletins for August 2006

Issue #20: July 26, 2006

• Hiccups with MS06-034: You May Not Be Patched After All
• Yet Another Zero-Day Vulnerability – This Time PowerPoint

Issue #19: July 11, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on 7 Microsoft Security Bulletins for July 2006
• Leverage MOM for Security Surveillance and Compliance Reporting

Issue #18: June 27, 2006

• How do you mitigate the risk of zero day vulnerabilities?
• Will these zero day vulnerabilities effect your anti-malware product selection now that Microsoft is in the anti-malware game?
• Motive and ethics regarding vulnerabilities reported by “security researchers”.

Issue #17: June 14, 2006

• June is a big month for workstation-centric vulnerabilities.

Issue #16: May 23, 2006

• Zero-Day Microsoft Word Vulnerability
  

Issue #15: May 10, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on Yesterday's 3 Security Bulletins
• Enhanced version of Security Log Secrets to be presented in Las Vegas
• New Blog: Windows Security, et al

Issue #14: April 12, 2006

• Randy's Independent Insights on Yesterday's 5 Security Bulletins
• Upcoming courses
• New release of EventTracker
• Comments from Windows Connections 2006 spring
  

Issue #13: March 14, 2006

• New Security Log Secrets Interactive Edition!
  
• Randy's Independent Insights on This Month's Bulletins
• Randy's take on Secure Vantage Technologies' SCMP
  

Issue #12: February 14, 2006

• New eBook on the Windows Security Log!
  
• Randy's Independent Insights on This Month's Bulletins
• Randy's take on EventTracker v5
  
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Issue #11: January 10, 2006

• Upcoming Public Courses
• Randy's Independent Insights on Today's Security Bulletins
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Issue #10: January 6, 2006

• Upcoming Public Courses
• Randy's Independent Insights on the WMF fix
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Issue #9: December 13, 2005

• Upcoming Public Courses
  
• Randy's Independent Insights on Today's Bulletins
• Quotes from Last Week's Attendees...
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Issue #8: November 8, 2005

• Upcoming Public Courses
• Randy's Independent Insights on This Month's bulletins
• Suggest a City
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Issue #7: October 12, 2005

• Upcoming Public Courses
• Randy's Independent Insights on This Month's bulletins
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Issue #6: August 11, 2005

• This Month's Security Bulletins from Microsoft
• Upcoming Public Courses
• Logparser Script

Issue #5: July 12, 2005

• New, Free Security Service from Randy Smith
• Today's Security Updates from Microsoft
• Upcoming Public Courses
• Logparser Script: Report All Programs Executed

Issue #4: June 1, 2005

• Newsletter Enhancement: Free Logparser Script
• Upcoming Public Courses
• Tip #4: Implement first level host defenses with logon rights
• Logparser: Report user logons and computers subsequently accessed

Issue #3: May 1, 2005

• Upcoming Public Courses
• Tip #3: Using the Security Log Aid to Compliance
• Seminar Fee Reduction

Issue #2:  April 1, 2005

• Tip #2: Windows Security Log Encyclopedia
• Upcoming Security Log Secrets Class in Atlanta

Issue #1: March 1, 2005

• Updated Security Log Quick Reference Chart
• Tip #1: Deleting Undeletable Mal-ware
• Windows Wireless Security
• Security Log Secrets