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Microsoft launches Identity Bounty program
Modern security depends today on collaborative communication of identities and identity data within and across domains. A customer’s digital identity is often the key to accessing services and interacting across the internet. Microsoft has invested heavily in the security and privacy of both our...
May 2018 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide. MSRC team...
March 2018 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice. More information about this...
Inside the MSRC– The Monthly Security Update Releases
For the second in this series of blog entries we want to look into which vulnerability reports make it into the monthly release cadence. It may help to start with some history. In September 2003 we made a change from a release anytime approach to a mostly predictable, monthly release cadence...
ソーシャル エンジニアリングによって引き起こされる攻撃を途絶させる方法
本記事は、Microsoft Secure ブログ “How to disrupt attacks caused by social engineering” 2018 年 1 月 10 日 米国時間...
Windows システム上の Spectre および Meltdown に対する緩和策のパフォーマンスへの影響について
本記事は、Microsoft Secure ブログ “Understanding the performance impact of Spectre and Meltdown mitigations on Windows Systems”...
2017 年 11 月のセキュリティ更新プログラム (月例)
================================================================= 2017 年 11 月 23 日追記 11 月の Windows の月例セキュリティ更新プログラムを適用後に以下の問題が発生することを確認し...
Extending the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program
Over the past ten months we have paid out over $200,000 USD in bounties. This collaboration with the research community has resulted in significant improvements in Edge security and has allowed us to offer more proactive security for our customers. Keeping in line with our philosophy of protectin...
2017 年 6 月のセキュリティ更新プログラム (月例)
2017 年 6 月 14 日 日本時間、マイクロソフトは以下のソフトウェアのセキュリティ更新プログラムを公開しまし...
Bountycraft at Nullcon 2017
Security is a critical component of our products at Microsoft. A strong emphasis on security is a persistent factor throughout our entire development process. Microsoft is committed to designing and developing secure software. Testing is performed both internally and by working closely with the...
Protecting customers and evaluating risk
Today, Microsoft triaged a large release of exploits made publicly available by Shadow Brokers. Understandingly, customers have expressed concerns around the risk this disclosure potentially creates. Our engineers have investigated the disclosed exploits, and most of the exploits are already...
Office 365 security researchers: Double your bounties March-May 2017
Microsoft strives to protect our customers and we’re constantly improving our security posture to meet their needs. We realize the desire of researchers and customers to security test our services to ensure they can trust us and our solutions. We also believe that if a researcher informs us of a...
January 2017 security update release
Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security...
Moving Beyond EMET
EMET – Then and Now Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative was 7 years old in 2009 when we first released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET. Despite substantial improvements in Windows OS security during that same period, it was clear that the way we shipped Windows at the tim...
February 2016 Security Update Release Summary
Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security...
EMET: To be, or not to be, A Server-Based Protection Mechanism
Hi Folks – Platforms PFE Dan Cuomo here to discuss a common question seen in the field: “My customer is deploying EMET and would like to know if it is supported on Server Operating Systems.” On the surface there is a simple answer to this question, however with a little poking, a little prodding,...
June 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 8 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index XI, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are...
Security Advisory 3046015 released
Today, we released Security Advisory 3046015 to provide guidance to customers in response to the SSL/TLS issue referred to by researchers as “FREAK” Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys. Our investigation continues and we’ll take the necessary steps to protect our customers. MSRC Team...
February 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security bulletins– three rated Critical and six rated Important in severity, to address 56 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server software. We encourage yo...
More Details about Security Advisory 2963983 IE 0day
Today we released Security Advisory 2963983 regarding a potential vulnerability in Internet Explorer reported by FireEye and currently under investigation. We are working closely with FireEye to investigate this report of a vulnerability which was found used in very limited targeted attack: - the...
When ASLR makes the difference
We wrote several times in this blog about the importance of enabling Address Space Layout Randomization mitigation ASLR in modern software because it’s a very important defense mechanism that can increase the cost of writing exploits for attackers and in some cases prevent reliable exploitation. ...
MBSA 2.3 and the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. The majority of questions focused on the ActiveX Kill Bits bulletin MS13-090 and the advisories. We also answered a few general questions that were not specific to any of this month’s updates, but that ma...
An update on the bounty programs
Back in June of this year, we announced three new bounty programs that will pay researchers for techniques that bypass built-in OS mitigations and protections, for defenses that stop those bypasses and for vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 11 Preview. This past Friday, we provided some...
Improved cryptography infrastructure and the June 2013 bulletins
It was just over one year ago, May 28, 2012, to be exact, that I transitioned from running active MSRC cases and writing bulletins to my current role managing software security incidents. A lot has changed in that year- and I’ve dealt with some interesting issues during my tenure - but our goal o...
On-Premises Servers Products are Here! Introducing the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bug Bounty Program
Microsoft is excited to announce the addition of Exchange on-premises, SharePoint on-premises, and Skype for Business on-premises to the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bounty Program. Through this expanded program, we encourage researchers to discover and report high-impact security...
Coming Soon: New Security Update Guide Notification System
Sharing information through the Security Update Guide is an important part of our ongoing effort to help customers manage security risks and keep systems protected. Based on your feedback we have been working to make signing up for and receiving Security Update Guide notifications easier. We are...
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Nestori Syynimaa’s Constant Mission Protecting Identities
"When you find the things I find, they really matter. They affect everybody’s security.” Currently streaming : The Expanse and Lost in Space on Netflix Currently listening to : Amorphis, Architects, and Killswitch Engage Currently running : 130 kilometers or 80 miles a month Currently playing :...
Investigating and Mitigating Malicious Drivers
The security landscape continues to rapidly evolve as threat actors find new and innovative methods to gain access to environments across a wide range of vectors. As the industry moves closer to the adoption of a Zero Trust security posture with broad and layered defenses, we remain committed to...
Investigating and Mitigating Malicious Drivers
The security landscape continues to rapidly evolve as threat actors find new and innovative methods to gain access to environments across a wide range of vectors. As the industry moves closer to the adoption of a Zero Trust security posture with broad and layered defenses, we remain committed to...
2021 年 6 月のセキュリティ更新プログラム (月例)
2021 年 6 月 9 日 日本時間、マイクロソフトは以下のソフトウェアのセキュリティ更新プログラムを公開しまし...
2021 年 2 月のセキュリティ更新プログラム (月例)
2021 年 2 月 10 日 日本時間、マイクロソフトは以下のソフトウェアのセキュリティ更新プログラムを公開しまし...
Nobelium Resource Center - updated March 4, 2021
UPDATE: Microsoft continues to work with partners and customers to expand our knowledge of the threat actor behind the nation-state cyberattacks that compromised the supply chain of SolarWinds and impacted multiple other organizations. Microsoft previously used ‘Solorigate’ as the primary...
Security Update Guide: Let's keep the conversation going
Hi Folks, We want to continue to highlight changes we’ve made to our Security Update Guide. We have received a lot of feedback, much of which has been very positive. We acknowledge there have been some stability problems and we are actively working through reports of older browsers not being able...
2020 年 11 月のセキュリティ更新プログラム (月例)
2020 年 11 月 11 日 日本時間、マイクロソフトは以下のソフトウェアのセキュリティ更新プログラムを公開しまし...
Solving Uninitialized Stack Memory on Windows
This blog post outlines the work that Microsoft is doing to eliminate uninitialized stack memory vulnerabilities from Windows and why we’re on this path. This blog post will be broken down into a few parts that folks can jump to: Uninitialized Memory Background Potential Solutions to Uninitialize...
Recognizing Security Researchers in 2020
Is it too early to talk about the 2020 MSRC Most Valuable Security Researchers? Five months from now, at the end of June, the program period closes for researchers to be considered for inclusion in the Most Valuable Researchers list. The top researcher list will be revealed at Black Hat North...
November 2019 security updates are available!
We have released the November security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. As a reminder,...
Scalable infrastructure for investigations and incident response
Traditional computer forensics and cyber investigations are as relevant in the cloud as they are in on-premise environments, but the methods in which to access and perform such investigations differ. This post will describe some of the challenges of bringing on-premises forensics techniques to th...
日本セキュリティチーム ブログ移行のお知らせ
平素より、日本セキュリティチーム ブログをご愛読いただきありがとうございます。 日本セキュリティチーム ブ...
January 2019 Security Update Release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide...
Should You Send Your Pen Test Report to the MSRC?
Every day, the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC receives vulnerability reports from security researchers, technology/industry partners, and customers. We want those reports, because they help us make our products and services more secure. High-quality reports that include proof of concept,...
Announcing the BlueHat v18 Schedule
Where did the summer go? This year the BlueHat Security Conference moved forward in the schedule to late September. Next year it will settle into a steady orbit of early October moving forward. With that change in schedule, it is hard to believe that it is time to reveal the schedule for BlueHat...
Inside the MSRC – How we recognize our researchers
This is the first of a series of blog entries to give some insight into the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC business and how we work with security researchers and vulnerability reports. The Microsoft Security Response Center actively recognizes those security researchers who help us to...
December 2017 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice. More information about this...
July 2017 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice. More information about this...
テクニカル サポート詐欺との戦い
本記事は、Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit の Courtney Gregoire による投稿 "The fight against tech support scams" 2017 年 5 月 18 日 米国時間公開 を翻訳したも...
May 2017 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice. More information about this...
May 2017 security update release
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice. More information about this...
Changes to Security Update Links
Updates have historically been published on both the Microsoft Download Center and the Microsoft Update Catalog and Security Bulletins linked directly to update packages on the Microsoft Download Center. Some updates will no longer be available from the Microsoft Download Center. Security bulleti...
April 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 11 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index XI, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are...