Microsoft will be disabling TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 on Windows very soon. The company announced it earlier today and is part of its broader strategy to make the whole of Windows OS more secure.
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WinLock is an innovative security application that allows administrators to configure and restrict access to sensitive information on a computer.
David Weston, who is the Windows security boss at Microsoft, says the tech giant is working on security features of next-gen Windows 11 and there might just be more TPM-like features.
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.
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It is time to recap everything that happened in the world of Microsoft during the week of April 30, 2023. Windows concept, new Microsoft Edge controversies, app and build updates, and more.
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An AMD fTPM side channel security flaw dubbed "faulTPM" has been discovered by researchers. This security bug can even bypass BitLocker and it affects modern Windows 11-supported Ryzen chips.
Welcome back to another edition of Microsoft Weekly where we recap all the important events that happened in the Redmond technology giant's universe in the past few days. Dive right in!
WinLock is an innovative security application that allows administrators to configure and restrict access to sensitive information on a computer.
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If you are on Windows 11, and you have encountered the LSA protection is off message recently, even though it is on, Microsoft has confirmed it's a bug. A workaround for it has also been provided.
Microsoft has made the life of system admins and IT admins a bit easier. The company recently announced that it had quietly made welcome changes to the way the AppLocker app control policies worked.
Starting with Chrome version 111, the Chrome Cleanup Tool will be turned off for Windows users due to a decline in user complaints about unwanted software and improved defenses against malware.
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After a poor showing in the last AV-TEST results, Microsoft Defender has once again managed to fare much better. Curiously, this coincides with the test bed moving back to Windows 10 from 11.
AV-Comparatives recently released its Performance test for the month of October 2022. In the evaluation, Microsoft Defender was found to be the worst offender with the highest performance impact.
Microsoft improved the vulnerable driver blocklist in its recent Windows 11 2022 feature update, and it looks like the company is looking to make similar improvements on Windows 10 22H2 as well.
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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.
WinLock is an innovative security application that allows administrators to configure and restrict access to sensitive information on a computer.
Microsoft Defender has been performing exceptionally in the recent past, with a slight hiccup in the previous results. However, AV-TEST has found in the latest rankings that it is back to its best.
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Security researchers have found that a utility inside Microsoft's own Defender anti-virus is being abused by LockBit ransomware threat actors to deliver malicious payload to victim systems.
Microsoft has released the newest Windows 11 Build 25151 to the Dev channel insiders today. As usual, the new build brings plenty of changes and improvements, as well as bug fixes.
WinLock is an innovative security application that allows administrators to configure and restrict access to sensitive information on a computer.
AV-Comparatives has released its latest March 2022 anti-virus program assessment report which shows that Microsoft Defender has really poor offline detection rate. Aside from that, it has done well.
A new remote access trojan (RAT) or BitRAT has been found which is being distributed through fake Windows product license key activation tools. It is able to bypass detections by Windows Defender.
An unofficial patch for a Windows LPE security vulnerability under "CVE-2021-34484" is out, one that was supposedly fixed by Microsoft via its Patch Tuesday updates twice, but apparently not.
Microsoft has published a guidance for security admins about reporting of potential false positives. This follows a recent incident when the firm's Office updates were flagged as malware by Defender.
Windows Defender, now called Microsoft Defender performed great in AV-TEST's assessment in the second half of 2021. Despite that, the product has failed to win any awards in the home user category.
Microsoft has made changes to Windows Defender's Exclusions as the section is no longer visible to users who don't have administrator rights, whereas previously, it was visible to everyone.
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Microsft said earlier today via a blog post that it will block all Office files (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word), that contain VBA Macros, by default, to protect users from malware.
ESET has released updated builds for a whole bunch of its products on Windows. These updated product builds fix a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that the firm learned about last year.
In the latest December 2021 AV-TEST anti-virus ranking for home users, Microsoft Windows Defender has outscored some of its rival anti-malware products, showing relative improvement since last time.
A new security baseline has been released for Windows 10 21H2. It brings protection and prevention against PrintNightmare, ransomware attacks, and more. Windows 11 also received the package earlier.
German security research institute AV-TEST has released its October 2021 Windows 10 report for anti-virus assessment. Among the programs tested here, Microsoft's Windows Defender has done very well.
Microsoft has been accused of slashing bug bounty reward money by large amounts by several security researchers. One of them said his finding was worth just 10% compared to the earlier value.
Free and light benchmarking utility UserBenchmark is flagged by close to two dozen anti-virus programs as malware, according to VirusTotal. Windows Security, too, flags it as a "Severe" trojan.
More images of the Microsoft Defender Preview have leaked and the app seems unfinished at the moment. However, the new Defender isn't going to be Windows 11-exclusive like we had thought earlier.
WinLock is an innovative security application that allows administrators to configure and restrict access to sensitive information on a computer.
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"Made on Windows 11 Alpha" themed malicious Microsoft Word documents have been discovered by the security researchers at Anomali. The maldoc implements VBA macros to deliver a JavaScript payload.
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Microsoft will not be providing any updates for users who install Windows 11 on unsupported systems. This apparently also includes security updates which often patch dangerous vulnerabilities.
