Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Handle: Silver Surfer IRL: Mike Reavey Rank: Director, MSRC Likes: Warm weather, Battlestar Galactica, and responsibly reported vulnerabilities Dislikes: Rain, Rain without end, Clouds with potential for rain, reality TV, and unpatched vulns Hey folks – We’ve just released the November Security Bulletins and that also marks the one-month point after the release of the initial Exploitability Index in October.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Handle: Cap’n Steve IRL: Steve Adegbite Rank: Senior Security Program Manager Lead Likes: Reverse Engineering an obscene amount of code and ripping it up on a snowboard Dislikes: Not much but if you hear me growl…run You’ve probably heard that we released an out-of-band Security Bulletin for a vulnerability in Windows (MS08-067).
Thursday, October 16, 2008
I spent a lot of time trying to think about what to write for a BlueHat pre-conference blog entry and had a pretty hard time focusing on one topic. To handle this, I decided to comment on the state of security. While I’ve found plenty of things to be excited about with security, including improved awareness, ~~~~enhanced vendor responsiveness to issues (although some still lag behind), increasing global awareness of security concerns, etc.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Handle: Silver Surfer IRL: Mike Reavey Rank: Director, MSRC Likes: Warm weather, Battlestar Galactica, and responsibly reported vulnerabilities Dislikes: Rain, Rain without end, Clouds with potential for rain, reality TV, and unpatched vulns It’s October! And for those who remember Black Hat 2008 in Las Vegas, this means the programs we announced have launched.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Handle: C-Lizzle IRL: Celene Temkin Rank: BlueHat Project Manager Likes: Culinary warfare, BlueHat hackers and responsible disclosure Dislikes: Acts of hubris, MySpace, orange mocha Frappaccinos! I affectionately call this time between summer conferences, the black and blue phase, where I wear security like a Hypercolor t-shirt, changing colors depending on where we are in our conference shipping and planning cycles.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Handle: The Crushman IRL: Andrew Cushman Rank: Security Director Likes: Cranberry juice (thanks Jay!) Dislikes: Super helpful hotel desk clerks (thanks Raoul?) What can I say? Once again, Black Hat did not disappoint. And that’s not just post-party speak. The conversations were good, the input was invaluable, and the support for the new programs we launched—well, it’s been overwhelming.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Handle: k8e IRL: Katie Moussouris Rank: Senior Security Program Manager Likes: Cool vulns (responsibly disclosed of course), girls with soldering irons, Spanish tapas, quantum teleportation Dislikes: Rudeness, socks-n-sandals, licorice There are times when one must look toward the best interests of the customers above any competitive strategies. Security is one of those themes that has the power to unite teams across company boundaries.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Handle: Zot IRL: Zot O’Connor Rank: Program Manager 2 Likes: Taking on the enemy with partners, Automating processes, good scotch and bourbon Dislikes: Poor reporting, FUD, miscreants, dangling participles My name is Zot O’Connor and I am a computer genius. Really, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says so . Okay, not directly, but I was one of the group of “computer geniuses” converging on our campus back in March because of this DNS issue.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Handle: Silver Surfer IRL: Mike Reavey Rank: Director, MSRC Likes: Warm weather, Battlestar Galactica, and responsibly reported vulnerabilities Dislikes: Rain, Rain without end, Clouds with potential for rain, reality TV, and unpatched vulns Tomorrow, Steve Adegbite, Katie Moussouris and I will give the first ever Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) talk at Black Hat, Las Vegas.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Handle: Silver Surfer IRL: Mike Reavey Rank: Director, MSRC Likes: Warm weather, Battlestar Galactica, and responsibly reported vulnerabilities Dislikes: Rain, Rain without end, Clouds with potential for rain, reality TV, and unpatched vulns Hey all – Mike Reavey here. I’ve been with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) for over five years now, and working in security for over a decade.
