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Primary Issues: Compliance, Data Breach, ID Theft Prevention, Medical Identity Theft
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About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) (4338), or often just MS, is an American multinational computer technology corporation with 79,000 employees in 102 countries and global annual revenue of US $51.12 billion as of 2007.

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Founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism for various reasons, including monopolistic business practices—both the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, brought Microsoft to court for antitrust violations and software bundling.

Microsoft has footholds in other markets besides operating systems and office suites, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse and home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.

Quotes about Microsoft

  1. “ In theory, most computers should have been fixed by now, but not everyone got the Microsoft patch. ”
    In Conficker worm braces for April Fool's attack
  2. “ With Windows Vista, we made significant strides in reducing the threat pirated copies posed to customers, our partners and Microsoft software, and we anticipate we'll do even better with Windows 7. ”
    In AFP: Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7
  3. “ Despite today's fixes, Windows users continue to be under attack. Microsoft is taking two steps forward, while attackers are putting it one step back. ”
    In MS Office users attacked

  1. Mentioned In 149 Articles

  2. Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Shockwave Player

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Aug 25 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...T4312 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. added August 24, 2010 at 11:42 am Microsoft has released a security advisory indicating that it is aware of a remote attack vector for a class ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe   USB   Adobe Security Bulletin

  3. Apple Releases Security Update 2010-005

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Aug 25 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...T4312 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. added August 24, 2010 at 11:42 am Microsoft has released a security advisory indicating that it is aware of a remote attack vector for a class ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe   USB   Adobe Security Bulletin

  4. Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Player

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Aug 11 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. added August 5, 2010 at 01:39 pm Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its August release will contain... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac OS   Microsoft Windows and Office   Adobe

  5. Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1 and Safari 4.1.1

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 28 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...ation of an .LNK file with Windows Explorer is sufficient to trigger the vulnerability. By default, Microsoft Windows has AutoRun/AutoPlay features enabled. These features can cause Windows to automatically op... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   Apple   Oracle

  6. Citi urges iPhone app update due to data storage risk

    Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Jul 26 2010) Corporate , Data Breach

    ...presents awards in cyber awareness challenge * Amount of spam with shortened links nearly doubles * Microsoft announces "coordinated" plan for bug reporting * New consumer privacy bill introduced in the U.S. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dan Kaplan   Microsoft   Citi

  7. Microsoft Windows LNK Vulnerability

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 16 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of LNK files. Microsoft uses LNK files, commonly referred to as "shortcuts" as references to files or applications. By conv... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   iOS   Microsoft Windows

  8. Adobe Releases Update for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 29 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...le Releases Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4 June 10 Adobe Releases Flash 10.1 June 10 Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center Vulnerability June 9 Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.70 June 8 Microsoft Releases June Security Bulletin Adobe Releases Update for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat added Jun... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iOS   Adobe   Mac

  9. Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.86

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 25 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...gle Chrome Releases blog entry and update to Chrome 5.0.375.70 to help mitigate the security risks. Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SharePoint, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arb... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   iOS   Mac

  10. What Is Your Facebook Data Worth?

    Explore Article Updated News  (Jun 21 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ... the opt-out bar for Facebook’s Instant Personalization Pilot Program, for which Pandora, Yelp, and Microsoft were launch partners. The same thing happened to readers of MSNBC, who were surprised to find infor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Facebook   New York Times   Texas

  11. Check-in Services Glitches Allow Customer Impersonation

    Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Jun 17 2010) Consumer

    ... Services Glitches Allow Customer Impersonation * Touchscreen Neglect: Tiffany's Mobile Ring Move * Microsoft's Mobile Catch-22 Is Getting Consumers To Not Give Up * Visa's Toxic Waste: Old PIN Pads Never Die,... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mastercard   CIO   Evan Schuman

  12. Apple Releases Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 16 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...sks and reduce attack vectors. US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its June release will contain ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Adobe PSIRT   Mac OS   Mac

  13. Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.70

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 9 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...gle Chrome Releases blog entry and update to Chrome 5.0.375.70 to help mitigate the security risks. Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SharePoint, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arb... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac OS   Apple   Adobe

  14. Apple Releases Safari 5.0 and Safari 4.1

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 8 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. added June 4, 2010 at 08:16 am Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its June release will contain ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac OS   Apple   Adobe

  15. Cisco Network Building Manager Vulnerabilities

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (May 27 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ... review Apple Article HT4170 and HT4171 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its May release cycle will con... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   URL   Microsoft Windows   Foxit Reader

  16. College 2.0: The Incredible Shrinking CIO

    Explore Article The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 9 2010) Consumer , Higher Ed

    College 2.0: The Incredible Shrinking CIO ...dents. This once-fundamental function of the IT department is increasingly outsourced to Google or Microsoft. That's part of a movement called cloud computing, in which institutions set up services that oper... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cornell University   Jeffrey R. Young   Georgetown University

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