Security News

Microsoft's anti-surveillance website was hacked (Help Net Security)
2015-06-18 12:04

Digital Constitution - a dedicated website Microsoft set up to keep users informed of its efforts to counter US government's attempts to access customer emails the company stores in its data center lo...

Microsoft Classifies Ask Toolbar as ‘Unwanted’ Software (Threatpost)
2015-06-12 19:36

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers.

Microsoft flags Ask toolbar as unwanted and dangerous (Help Net Security)
2015-06-12 09:57

From this month on, all versions of Ask.com's infamous browser toolbar except the very last will be detected as unwanted software by Microsoft security products and removed. This move is the resu...