TPM sniffing attacks, which we have covered before, are possible even on modern Intel-powered hardware running the latest Windows 11. Such attacks may however be preventable by Microsoft's Pluton.
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VirtualBox has received a major update today which fixes crashes related to TPM, graphical issues on Windows 11, and performance problems on Macs. Aside from that, Linux 6.5 and 6.4 are supported.
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While you could sport a CPU perfectly compatible with Windows 11, like the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, you may run into an issue where a TPM feature called Attestation may not work on your system.
Microsoft has already confirmed that a recent Defender update has been leading to an "LSA protection is off" error. The bug may also be causing another issue where TPM detection is faulty.
The fTPM bug which was causing stuttering and freezing issues on AMD Ryzen CPUs in Windows 11 and Windows 10 has now started affecting Linux as well. The bug was triggered after a Linux 6.1 patch.
Organizations, enthusiasts, and developers might be pleased to know that VMware Workstation Pro now officially supports Windows 11 via a virtual TPM 2.0 device present in version 17.0 of the product.
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This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news related to Windows 11's features and some criticism about them, enhancements to Microsoft Edge, as well as some app updates.
Reference for the Windows 11 requirements like TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot have been found for the first time within Windows 10. Back when these requirements were announced, many were left unamused.
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Parallels Desktop 17.1 is bringing full support for running virtualized Windows 11 and macOS Monterey. There's no need to manually switch on support for TPM, as opposed to the previous version of it.
It is both experimental and undocumented, thus unsupported; but who cares if you are running the free version of VMware Player? Now you can test Windows 11 again with TPM and no password.
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.
Asus has begun rolling out Windows 11-compatible BIOS for several of its motherboard models both for AMD and Intel platforms. The firm has posted a detailed list of motherboards that are compatible.
For running Windows 11, Microsoft says TPM 2.0 support is necessary due to security reasons. However, in its document, the firm says this criterion, with prior approval, is relaxed for "special" PCs.
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