In a fast-evolving digital threat landscape, even the most fundamental and trusted layers of operating system architecture can become primary targets. This reality has been thrust into the spotlight yet again by the discovery and subsequent analysis of the Windows Update Stack...
Microsoft has made waves once again in the Windows ecosystem, and this time, it’s not for a flashy UI refresh or another round of Start menu rearrangement. Instead, the company has quietly pulled the plug on a critical piece of its security infrastructure for older versions of Windows 11 and...
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If you ever thought that Windows version numbers were just minor footnotes in a sea of endless updates, think again. Microsoft’s recent security reshuffle regarding Windows 11 and its virtualization-based security features is here not just to break that illusion—it’s ready to smack it with a...
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Some of you might have seen today's story by Gregg Keizer of our sister publication Computerworld headlined "Link Removed due to 404 Error" and may have asked the same question I asked.
Two minutes?
Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil broke into the current edition of the Web browser...
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March 25, 2010
(Dutch researcher explains his strategy for outwitting Microsoft defense mechanisms to win $ 10,000)
Peter Vreugdenhil of the Netherlands bypasses DEP & ASLER to bring down Microsoft's Browser. And another German Researcher who wouldn't give his full name, called Nils found a...
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