Microsoft releases its Security Intelligence Report, version 9

Today, Microsoft released its 9th edition of the Security Intelligence Report.  You can download the full pdf version here if you so desire.  SIRv9 covers the period of time from January to June 2010.  It contains all of Microsoft’s data and analysis surrounding threats in the cyber world.

The nice thing about SIRv9 is that all of the data is no longer constrained to the pdf document (or print version).  No, now I recommend going to the page itself and having a browse-through of the Key Findings, Featured Intelligence and as well as advice for Managing Risk.  Microsoft has a unique position because it has multiple security products and controls the OS itself and so it has data around patches for its various components.  As such, it is able to assimilate a more comprehensive overview of some threats than others when it comes to those niche plays.  For example, Microsoft is involved in both search (Bing) and A/V (Microsoft Security Essentials) so it can report on threats/trends in both categories.  Similarly, it can provide stats on threats that are cleaned via its Malicious Software Removal Tool so it gets a much broader representation of botnets and malware that aren’t otherwise available in a traditional security company.

This SIR’s featured intelligence is surrounding botnets.  It has six sections on this:

The Introduction
What is a Botnet?
The Scope of the Problem
Fighting Back
A More Secure Microsoft
Malware Case Study
I think my readers are all pretty familiar with what botnets are and what the scope of the problem is.  Instead, let me quote some of the parts on how to detect them and fight back (since I helped edit this part of the SIR).

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