[Security] Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer released

Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer has been released.

Attack Surface Analyzer is developed by the Trustworthy Computing Security group. It is the same tool used by Microsoft's internal product groups to catalogue changes made to operating system attack surface by the installation of new software.

Attack Surface Analyzer takes a snapshot of your system state before and after the installation of product(s) and displays the changes to a number of key elements of the Windows attack surface.

This allows:

• Developers to view changes in the attack surface resulting from the introduction of their code on to the Windows platform
• IT Professionals to assess the aggregate Attack Surface change by the installation of an organization's line of business applications
• IT Security Auditors evaluate the risk of a particular piece of software installed on the Windows platform during threat risk reviews
• IT Security Incident Responders to gain a better understanding of the state of a systems security during investigations (if a baseline scan was taken of the system during the deployment phase)

You can download this tool here : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24487

[Microsoft Solution Accelerators] Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 Available

Microsoft Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 is now available.

I've already present this Solution Accelerators tool here : http://gregorylucand.blogspot.fr/2012/07/microsoft-solution-accelerators-virtual.html


You can download the final version here : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30470

[Powershell] Microsoft Script Explorer RC Available

Microsoft Script Explorer Release Candidate is now available.

Microsoft® Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell® (Release Candidate) helps scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how-to guidance in online repositories such as the TechNet Script Center Repository, PoshCode, local or network file systems and Bing Search Repository.

Microsoft® Script Explorer enables:

• Integrated community and Microsoft resources to help you unlock the power of Windows PowerShell.
• Seamless searching across online repositories to locate script samples relevant to you.
• Establishing and searching local, network, and corporate script repository is easy.

This great tool is available here : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29101