Now available: Windows Server 2016 Security Guide!

This blog post was authored by Nir Ben Zvi, Principal PM Manager, Windows Server. Windows Server 2016 includes major security innovations that can help protect privileged identity, make it harder for attackers to breach your servers, and detect attacks so that you can respond faster. This is powerful technology, and Continue Reading

Join the Windows Server Tech Community

Launched at Ignite in September 2016, the Microsoft Tech Community grew to more than 50,000 members in its first six months, and that growth continues to accelerate. In this six-minute video, Anna Chu of the Microsoft Community team gives “a lightning tour” of the Microsoft Tech Community’s bells and whistles. Continue Reading

Windows Server 2016 docs are now on docs.microsoft.com

We’re excited to announce the availability of the IT pro technical documentation for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile on docs.microsoft.com. Why move to docs.microsoft.com? You’ll immediately notice our crisp new responsive design that looks fantastic on your phone, tablet, and PC. But, more importantly, you’ll Continue Reading

Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2016

Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Windows Server 2016 Performance Tuning Guide. This updated guide provides a comprehensive collection of technical articles with practical guidance for IT professionals and server administrators responsible for monitoring and tuning Windows Server 2016 across the most common server workloads and Continue Reading

cPanel Security Team: Cgiemail (CVE-2017-5613)

In December 2016, the cPanel Security Team became aware of potential vulnerabilities in cPanel & WHM following an investigation of the hints provided in the Shadow Brokers / Equation Group leaks. During our investigation, we found several vulnerabilities in cgiecho and cgiemail, one of which could be leveraged for remote Continue Reading

FortiGuard Labs Telemetry: Round up of 2015 and 2016 IoT Threats (Part 2 Home Routers)

In our last post Round up of 2016 IoT Threats we compared 2015 and 2016 global threat telemetry for IoT devices collected by our FortiGuard Labs. In this post, we will examine why home routers had a such a huge increase in IPS signature hits in 2016, when compared to 2015. Continue Reading

Q&A: Securing IoT in the World of Healthcare

According to IBM’s 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index report, cyber criminals attacked healthcare more than any other industry last year, with more than 100 million healthcare records being compromised. As the use of IoT devices continues to grow in hospitals, we talked to Roger Bailey about the risks, and how Continue Reading

Discovering Great Talent with Path Forward

In the fall of 2016, I was just beginning my job search. I’d been lucky to lead HR at a number of great cutting-edge technology start-ups, and I was looking for my next adventure. I wanted to find a company that wasn’t just a great business–I wanted one that was Continue Reading

Ransomware And The Boot Process

Since its discovery in early 2016, we have tracked a number variations of Petya, a ransomware variant famous for multi-stage encryption that not only locks your computer, but also overwrites the Master Boot Record. Petya continues to persist, and in this blog we will take a deeper look at its more complex second stage Continue Reading

2017 and the Internet: our predictions

An abbreviated version of this post originally appeared on TechCrunch Looking back over 2016, we saw the good and bad that comes with widespread use and abuse of the Internet. In both Gabon and Gambia, Internet connectivity was disrupted during elections. The contested election in Gambia started with an Internet Continue Reading