Neowin News Feed for: Hvci

Microsoft is making Windows 365 Cloud PCs more secure by enabling VBS and HVCI by default

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out new default configurations for new and reprovisioned Cloud PCs to restrict data exfiltration and protect your credentials. Read more...

Microsoft's VBS/HVCI still hurts Windows 11 performance even on latest versions

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:16:01 +0000

Despite the performance boost and optimizations, you can still be hit by VBS / HVCI even on the latest Windows 11 versions. Read more...

Source code for BlackLotus that bypassed Windows Secure Boot, Microsoft Defender, VBS, leaks

Sayan Sen — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:32:01 +0000

The source code for BlackLotus vulnerability leaked a few days ago, almost around the same time as Microsoft rolled out the second phase hardening of its secure boot flaw via Dynamic Windows updates. Read more...

Microsoft releases HVCI/memory integrity compatibility check tool for Windows 11, Windows 10

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 May 2023 04:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a useful tool for users so that they can check for compatibility issues with memory integrity or HVCI (hypervisor-protected code integrity), a key security feature in Windows. Read more...

Microsoft posts guide for Windows Secure Boot, Defender, VBS, BitLocker-bypassing BlackLotus

Sayan Sen — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:20:02 +0000

Microsoft has published some helpful guidance against the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit vulnerability that can bypass Secure Boot, VBS, BitLocker, Windows Defender, and more to infect updated Windows PCs. Read more...

Microsoft seemingly enabling VBS by default in Windows 10 too, leading to performance loss

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is seemingly enabling VBS on Windows 10 as well, something which was limited to Windows 11 only previously. This could lead to potential performance loss as latest testing indicates. Read more...

BlackLotus bypasses Secure Boot, Microsoft Defender, VBS, BitLocker on updated Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:34:01 +0000

BlackLotus, which is a bootkit, has been doing the rounds on the internet since last year. This bootkit is capable of bypassing Secure Boot, disabling BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and more. Read more...

Here are all the new security features in the Windows 11 2022 Update

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:00:12 +0000

With the rollout of the Windows 11 2022 Update now underway, Microsoft has confirmed that a lot of previously announced security features are now generally available. More are coming soon too. Read more...

Windows 11 22H2 build 22621 bug shows "hardware security not supported" on supported PCs

Sayan Sen — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:46:01 +0000

The Windows 11 22H2 (Sun Valley 2) RTM build 22621 has resurrected an old bug whereupon a system gets a "hardware security not supported" message even on PCs that meet the necessary requirements. Read more...

These are all the security features coming to Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:00:07 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled a bunch of security capabilities that are coming to a "future release" of Windows 11. This includes more Pluton PCs, Smart App Control, HVCI, LSA, and lots more. Read more...

Defender will now protect against malicious drivers with new "Vulnerable Driver Blocklist"

Sayan Sen — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:44:01 +0000

Microsoft Defender now has a new feature that will protect Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server devices from malicious drivers. The feature is termed "Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist". Read more...

PC Health Check App gives ancient Pentium 4 thumbs up for Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:52:02 +0000

Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported. Read more...

Microsoft explains why TPM 2.0 and VBS on Windows 11 are so key for next-gen security

Sayan Sen — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:22:01 +0000

Microsoft's David Weston has explained why some of the security-related features in Windows 11, like Virtualization-based Security, TPM 2.0, and more, are so crucial for the OS for now and beyond. Read more...

Microsoft VBS apparently cripples gaming performance in Windows 11 even on supported CPUs

Sayan Sen — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:32:01 +0000

According to a report from 3DMark creator UL Benchmarks, Microsoft's VBS feature can incur a noticeable performance hit on Windows 11 PCs. Testing shows varying results between Beta and Dev builds. Read more...