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TechNet Webcast: Introducing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 - Overview, Benefits, Availability (Level 100)
White Paper Windows Server 2003 SP1 provides new security tools such as Security Configuration Wizard which secures the server for role-based operations, improved defense-in-depth with Data Execution Protection and a safe and secure first boot scenario with... [10 Jul 2008]
Mobile industry advise on handset security
News They outline a series of tools and mechanisms designed to bolster security processes in areas such as secure data storage (for protecting sensitive data) and trusted execution environments (for sandboxing sensitive software). [22 May 2008]
Data Grid Disaster Puts SMBs at Most Risk - Disaster Recovery - Small to Medium Size Enterprises
White Paper IT now has the responsibility to protect that asset through the development and execution of well-designed and thorough disaster recovery and business continuity plan. For many organizations, specifically the SMB (Small to Medium Business), the... [02 Jan 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Anti-Malware Technologies in Windows Vista (Level 300)
White Paper The webcast will start with an overview of Microsoft's anti-malware technology strategy and also cover at a high level how the Windows Firewall, Data Execution Protection (DEP), IE protected mode, service hardening and user account control help... [15 Dec 2006]
Microsoft beefs up Vista's buffer
News In addition to ASLR, Howard mentioned a buffer overrun detection option in Visual C++; an exception checker in Vista; function pointer obfuscation; and support for NX, or No-Execute, data execution protection that is included in processors. [02 Jun 2006]
Microsoft denies SP2 flaw is a danger
News Last week, Positive reported that the Data Execution Protection tools included in Service Pack 2 - code intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting malicious programs into a PC's memory - opened Windows XP systems up to additional threats. [03 Feb 2005]
Microsoft denies data execution problem
Last week, Positive reported that the Data Execution Protection tools included in Service Pack 2 -- code intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting malicious programs into a PC's memory -- opened Windows XP systems up to additional... [02 Feb 2005]
Russians crack XP SP2 flaw
News The SP2 measure, known as Data Execution Protection, is intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting rogue code into a PC's memory and tricking Windows into running the program. However, in a paper published on Friday, Moscow-based... [31 Jan 2005]
SP2's data execution protection cracked
The SP2 measure, known as Data Execution Protection, is intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting rogue code into a PC's memory and tricking Windows into running the program. However, in a paper published on Friday, Moscow-based... [31 Jan 2005]
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Part 3: Memory Protection Technologies
White Paper Data execution prevention (DEP) marks all memory locations in a process as non-executable unless the location explicitly contains executable code. Data execution prevention helps prevent these attacks by intercepting them and raising an exception. [13 Jul 2004]
The Limbo Programming Language
White Paper It is designed for safe execution even on small machines without hardware memory protection. It supports modular programming, strong type checking at compile- and run-time, interprocess communication over typed channels, automatic garbage... [25 Feb 2004]
Build UPS Protection into Your Network to Make It Failproof
White Paper Such an environment may start at the individual device control level and extend up through manufacturing execution and total enterprise resource planning systems at the corporate level. When they occur, production stops and data is lost¬ unless... [25 Feb 2004]
Chips to be made hackerproof by AMD and Intel
News John Morris, director of marketing at AMD, said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that with Execution Protection, data in the buffer can only be read and, therefore, is prevented from doing its dirty work. [09 Jan 2004]
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