Microsoft Patches 20 Critical Vulnerabilities

This month, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates tackle fixes for 53 security bugs in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Edge, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, and its Chackra Core browser engine. Continue reading Microsoft Patches 20 Critical Vulnerabilities

Attack Method Highlights Weaknesses in Microsoft CFG

As Microsoft hardens its defenses with tools such as Control Flow Guard, researchers at Endgame are preparing for the reality of Counterfeit Object-Oriented Programming attacks to move from theoretical to real. Continue reading Attack Method Highlights Weaknesses in Microsoft CFG

Microsoft Offers Analysis of Zero-Day Exploited By Zirconium Group

Microsoft patched a zero-day vulnerability actively used in a campaign by a hacking group known as Zirconium. Continue reading Microsoft Offers Analysis of Zero-Day Exploited By Zirconium Group

Rediscovering Windows Libraries for Users and Admins

Libraries have been available ever since Windows 7 was released and they continue to offer a lot of flexibility for users themselves and include tools for admins to control and configure them.

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Microsoft Tweaks Simplified Servicing Packages for Older Versions of Windows

Microsoft has made a change to the new streamlined update process for older versions of Windows.

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Microsoft Plans to Consolidate Windows Update History for Older Versions of Windows in April

After moving older versions of Windows to a cumulative style series of updates like those received by Windows 10 last fall, Microsoft now plans to also duplicate the update history page for these older operating systems.

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Microsoft Further Simplifies their Windows 7 and 8.1 Servicing Model

After rolling out a new update process for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 last fall, Microsoft is making a couple of tweaks to that process to further improve it for enterprise and … Continue reading Microsoft Further Simplifies their Windows 7 and 8.1 Servicing Model

Microsoft Further Simplifies their Windows 7 and 8.1 Servicing Model

After rolling out a new update process for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 last fall, Microsoft is making a couple of tweaks to that process to further improve it for enterprise and … Continue reading Microsoft Further Simplifies their Windows 7 and 8.1 Servicing Model