endpoint security

A surprisingly simple, little-known way to power off Windows has resurfaced in discussions across the web: a built-in "slide to shut down" utility and a set of keyboard and command-line tricks that let you shut down a PC faster — and sometimes, more dangerously — than the Start menu ever...

Microsoft has quietly fixed a major usability pain in Windows 11’s Smart App Control by making the feature toggleable in preview builds — meaning you can now flip SAC on and off from Windows Security without having to perform a full OS reset or clean reinstall. Background Smart App Control (SAC)...

Microsoft’s blunt reminder landed like a splash of cold water for IT teams: unmanaged, forgotten, or otherwise overlooked devices are not just an operational nuisance — they are a favoured pathway for attackers that can turn a single weak endpoint into a full-blown ransomware crisis. Microsoft’s...

The new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) report inside Windows Autopatch gives security teams a long‑needed, device‑level view of which Windows CVEs have been fixed by recent quality updates and — crucially — which managed endpoints remain exposed. Background Enterprises face an...

Microsoft quietly acknowledged what security researchers have been warning about: the new experimental “agentic” layer in Windows 11—the set of background AI agents that can act on a user’s behalf—can hallucinate and create real, novel security risks, including the ability for malicious content...

Microsoft is rolling out a focused performance change to the Microsoft Teams Desktop Client on Windows that isolates call handling into a new, dedicated child process — ms-teams_modulehost.exe — promising faster call startup, better fault isolation, and clearer resource control while leaving the...

A MakeUseOf writer’s deliberate experiment — uninstalling every third‑party antivirus on a Windows PC and relying solely on Microsoft Defender — produced a counterintuitive result: faster boot times, lower idle resource use, fewer nuisance alerts and no obvious infections during the test period...

Microsoft’s rollout of Copilot Actions for Windows 11 — an experimental agentic feature that lets AI act on a user’s behalf to organize files, send emails, fill forms and automate multi‑step desktop tasks — has thrust a new class of security questions into the mainstream. The preview is being...

Microsoft’s recent security push for Windows 11 stitches together long‑running platform hardening with a clear push toward crypto‑agility, improved telemetry for defenders, and tighter controls over drivers, apps and networking — a package aimed at reducing catastrophic outages while preparing...

Microsoft Ignite 2025 opened as an unmistakable signal: Microsoft is making a full-court press to turn its AI and cloud investments into partner-ready products and enterprise-grade security controls — and that push is reshaping the partner program, licensing, and Windows security posture in ways...

Microsoft’s advisory listing for CVE-2025-62216 describes a Microsoft Office vulnerability that can result in remote code execution when a crafted Office document is processed on an endpoint — a serious finding that demands immediate, prioritized mitigation across both corporate and consumer...

The Louvre’s security humiliation—reports that a surveillance server could be accessed with the password “LOUVRE”—has turned a sensational daytime robbery of the Galerie d’Apollon into a wider institutional reckoning over museum cybersecurity, procurement failures and the real-world consequences...

ESET Small Business Security arrives as a compact, familiar-looking security suite that wraps ESET’s long-standing antivirus engine into a small‑business‑friendly package — but the reality beneath the polished interface is a mixture of rock‑solid lab results, practical business controls, and...

If you’ve opened Task Manager and spotted lsass.exe running, it’s not a casual background program — it’s the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service, the core Windows component that enforces authentication and security policy, and yes, it’s supposed to be there — but attackers sometimes...

Apple’s new Underdogs short leaves little to chance: a trade‑show full of blue screens, a single booth that keeps running, and a pithy marketing line that reduces a complex, multi‑vendor outage to a single lesson — “Macs don’t panic.” Background / Overview Apple released an eight‑to‑nine minute...

Microsoft’s blunt warning landed with blunt clarity: running unsupported Windows 10 (or any unsupported OS) isn’t merely an inconvenience — it’s an open invitation to attackers. That message, amplified in consumer reporting from Kurt “the CyberGuy” and repeated across Microsoft’s security...

The countdown to October 14, 2025 is no longer a background calendar item — it’s an operational deadline that transforms a routine OS migration into a strategic modernization program that can materially reduce risk, lower support cost, and prepare staff for an AI-first workplace by refreshing...

Microsoft’s blunt new advisory — that “unsupported systems aren’t just outdated — they’re unprotected” — should be treated as a security redline for every IT team still running Windows 10 after Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline. Background / Overview Microsoft published a...

Microsoft has officially stopped providing security updates, feature updates, and standard technical support for Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025 — and for most users the practical next step is to move to Windows 11 (if your PC is eligible) or enroll in the temporary Extended Security Updates...

Microsoft has published a security advisory and accompanying fixes for CVE-2025-58737, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop that can lead to local remote code execution when exploited under specific conditions. The advisory and industry trackers indicate the vulnerability was...