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After a month of security disasters, Microsoft offers new tool, progress report

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After a month of security disasters, Microsoft offers new tool, progress report

This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more.

At Black Hat today, Microsoft made several announcements intended to reassure its users that it was being as transparent as humanly possible regarding security vulnerabilities. These announcements came during a month when Microsoft was forced to defend itself and its security processes like a little leaguer in a 90 miles-per-hour batting cage. The announcements included a new tool, OffVis, for viewing binary code and progress reports on initiatives announced at last year's conference.

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