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  1. Windows DEP Explained: How It Protects Memory and How to Manage It

    Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is one of those quietly powerful Windows defenses that rarely makes headlines — until it blocks something you’re trying to run. Built to stop code from executing in memory regions reserved for data, DEP reduces the damage that buffer overflows and similar memory...
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  2. Keeper Forcefield: Kernel Memory Protection Against In-Memory Credential Theft on Windows

    Keeper Security’s new Forcefield lands as a direct countermeasure to one of the fastest-growing attack vectors on Windows endpoints: memory-based credential theft and in-memory “infostealer” malware that scrapes browsers, extensions and running apps for secrets. Background Memory-based attacks...
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  3. Microsoft Replaces Legacy JScript with JScript9Legacy in Windows 11: Enhanced Security & Compatibility

    For nearly three decades, Microsoft's proprietary JScript engine has been a silent, persistent presence across multiple generations of Windows. Born during the days of Internet Explorer 3.0, JScript—Microsoft's own dialect compatible (at varying degrees) with ECMAScript/JavaScript—served...
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  4. New CPU Cache Timing Attack Bypasses Windows 11 Kernel Address Space Randomization

    In the constant cat-and-mouse game between operating system security engineers and determined attackers, Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) remains one of the most crucial defenses in modern computing. Trusted by Windows 11 and earlier versions, KASLR aims to keep attackers...
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  5. Windows Update Stack Vulnerability (CVE-2025-27475): Risks, Exploits, and Security Lessons

    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...
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  6. Microsoft Discontinues VBS Enclaves in Older Windows and Server Versions: What You Need to Know

    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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  7. Microsoft Deprecates VBS Enclaves in Windows 11 Old Versions: What You Need to Know

    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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  8. Windows 7 Paid Hacker Busts IE8 On Windows 7 In Two Minutes......

    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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