Security at the Forefront
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| Microsoft's new ad campaign for Forefront security products may
| be a noncompetitive event. "Why?" is the question.
|
| [...]
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| "Strangely for a late-to-market product, Microsoft hasn't been very
| aggressive in terms of the way they position Forefront versus competitors,"
| Jaquith said. "In fact, they could not have marketed Forefront in a more
| low-key way if they tried. I don't see John Thompson [Symantec CEO] or Dave
| DeWalt [McAfee CEO] getting on the hotline to Neelie Kroes [European
| Commissioner for Competitor] over this."
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/security_at_the_forefront.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2n3j6v
Related:
Microsoft shipped OneCare unfinished?
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| Since shipping in May, OneCare has failed industry tests and exposed
| users to attack because of a security flaw in the antivirus engine.
| The application also incorrectly flagged Gmail as a virus and in some
| cases quarantined or even deleted complete in-boxes when a single
| e-mail was laden with a virus.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6168629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Symantec: Microsoft conflict of interest is damaging internet
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| Symantec's chief executive has lambasted Microsoft for a dangerous
| conflict of interest as both the provider of an operating system
| and seller of software designed to secure its users.
|
| [...]
|
| Thompson told RSA delegates: "You wouldn't want the company that is
| keeping your books to audit your books. The same logic should apply.
| You wouldn't want the company that created your company's operating
| platform to be the one that is securing it from a broad range of
| threats. It's a huge conflict of interest."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/07/symantec_thompson_microsoft/
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Why Windows is a security nightmare
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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