Microsoft's Application Control for Business (ACfB), formerly known as Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), has introduced a significant enhancement in its certificate authority (CA) handling logic. This update aims to bolster security by refining how digital certificates are managed...
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Microsoft’s approach to keeping Windows reliable and secure often attracts both praise and scrutiny, particularly when it comes to the operating system's regular patching cadence and the transparency – or lack thereof – surrounding certain updates. May 2025 has proven to be especially notable...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10, version 21H1 Build 19043.1319 (KB5006738) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 21H1. This update includes the following improvements:
We fixed an issue that prevents you from accessing the...
This morning out of the blue I have many errors on my trusty Win 7 Pro 64bit machine. I have fixed all errors but I still get an audit failure in the event viewer under Windows Logs, Security.
This particular partition is the C: vol 3 which is identified as FAT32 EFI System Partition.
Is...
Some of the most important security features in modern web browsers are those that you never actually see as you browse the web. These security features work behind the scenes to protect you from browser-based vulnerabilities that could be abused by hackers to compromise your device or personal...
I have been logging a security audit error since Sep 2015, on my desktop Asus P9X79-E-WS (Xeon E5-1650 v2) running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601). Only recently - one week maybe - I have been experiencing my mouse hesitating and a beep when the mouse stops momentarily...
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In May, we announced that Microsoft Edge was saying goodbye to binary extensibility models such as ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects. This change made browsing in Windows faster, more secure, and more stable than ever, while paving the way for better interoperability with other...
Some of you may have noticed us improving our defense-in-depth practices for bulletins by supplying sha1 and sha2 hashes in the Knowledge Base (KB) articles. This has been most visible in the KB with the addition of the “File hash information” section, but it is also noted in the...