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KB5036534: Microsoft shares latest Windows 10/11 DC hardening update for 2025

Sayan Sen — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:22:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out the latest security hardening phases for the year 2025 with new timeline updates. Read more...

Updated DC hardening timeline for Secure Boot, DCOM, Kerberos, Netlogon shared by Microsoft

Sayan Sen — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:18:01 +0000

Microsoft shared an updated DC hardening timeline where it has added new guidance and key dates about the deployment phase. This hardening meant to improve the security of the concerned servers. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out third-phase DC hardening for Kerberos and Netlogon security flaw

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:40:02 +0000

Microsoft has been enforcing hardening across Kerberos and Netlogon protocols, to protect against security vulnerabilities it discovered in 2021. The third phase is being rolled out. Read more...

Microsoft shares DCOM, Kerberos, Netlogon, Azure hardening timeline till 2024

Sayan Sen — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 06:20:02 +0000

Microsoft is enforcing hardening across Kerberos and more protocols, to protect against security vulnerabilities it discovered in 2021. Today, it has shared a roadmap outlining the changes. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Edge Workspaces, SHA-3 in Windows, and Copilots

Usama Jawad — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:16:01 +0000

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is filled to the brim with news about updates to Microsoft 365 apps and services like Teams and Edge, new features and bugs in Windows, and Copilot upgrades. Read more...

Microsoft shares additional resources for DCOM hardening on Windows 11, 10, and Servers

Sayan Sen — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:36:01 +0000

Microsoft, today, has released additional helpful resources regarding DCOM hardening, which has been in place since 2021. This comes a month after the company issued a reminder about the changes. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: A rogue Bing, Windows issues, and upcoming features

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:48:01 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is chock-full of news about the new Bing's weirdness, a bunch of Windows bugs and patches, and some new features coming to Microsoft software. Read more...

Microsoft is making DCOM hardening mandatory on Windows 10, 11, and Server soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:56:01 +0000

Microsoft will be enabling some DCOM protocol hardening changes by default with next month's Patch Tuesday. This may result in interoperability issues between networked client and server devices. Read more...