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Microsoft: Products not lone security issue
As its monthly Patch Tuesday arrives next week, Microsoft is going on the offensive in response to continued criticism about the insecurity of its products. A program manager with Microsoft's Anti-Malware Technology Team, Matt Braverman, is pointing out how social engineering bodes as much risk and danger to today's enterprises than product security issues. The act of "duping" users into clicking to malicious Web sites and giving up confidential information is just as perilous and requires just as much attention as product issues.
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- read this article at InformationWeek
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