back to article Microsoft says share the wealth with cyber-info for business

The timeworn adage that "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" can certainly be applied to cyber security. Microsoft is hoping to spare enterprises that use its cloud services from repeating history by sharing what it has learned. If enterprises are going to protect themselves in a threat environment that …

  1. AnotherName

    Just stating the obvious...

    Why don't they turn this inwards and identify the flaws in the OS and all the other products they produce to make the whole operating environment more secure in the first place? There should be an international standard for software security that has to be complied with BEFORE a product can be sold - it it should cover hardware too. Big fines if found to be sold without full compliance.

    1. Clausewitz4.0 Bronze badge
      Black Helicopters

      Re: Just stating the obvious...

      Hardware and software are created by humans.

      Remember the quote below?

      "Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe"

      - Albert Einstein

    2. Pascal Monett Silver badge

      Re: Just stating the obvious...

      Because then the cost is for Borkzilla to shoulder, whereas by talking infosec, the cost is for everybody.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Just stating the obvious...

      Because they can charge more for the security service, naturally. And Micros~1 cares only about money, not its customers.

      1. WarningYou

        This 100%

        They still ship a default config (even on home edition non-domain joined PCs) with RPC available over TCP/IP and a remotely accessible SMB server. They also include a bunch of rarely-used consumer orientated functionality persistently enabled by default (inappropriate for business scenarios) even on the Enterprise edition.

        I too believe that lot of security problems with Windows persist because it’s profitable for Microsoft to leave things unsecured out of the box.

  2. Omnipresent Bronze badge

    which attacker?

    What if microsoft is the one doing the attacking?

    1. Clausewitz4.0 Bronze badge
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      Re: which attacker?

      Then they will call it "Threat Intelligence" and..

      1/ Sell all your intellectual property to "customers" via a paid portal

      2/ Partner / Bribe law enforcement agencies

      3/ Get richer in the process and not give you a dimme

      So you better wise up and shoot back, enter into politics, or both

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    MS Fail

    MS defender can't auto delete emails with phishing links, can't send alerts for firewall violations, can't send alerts for unauthorized USB devices. MS can't do security for crap. Every day I learn to hate MS even more. You would think with dozens of great AV tools out there, MS wouldn't miss so many basic functions, but they do. it's like they never looked at what other companies do, and just made up junk to make as many portals/pages as possible to aggravate techs, but look cool to Managers who don't understand actual work,

    I now think MS engineers hate MS more than anyone else, intentionally making it a bad product so everyone else will hate them,,, it works.

    1. Casca Silver badge

      Re: MS Fail

      Lol, you dont know shit

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