A fresh security vulnerability has come to light within the core of today’s most popular browsers. Tracked as CVE-2025-8577, this flaw concerns the Chromium engine’s Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature—a component found in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and a string of leading browsers. Patching...
The evolution of security features in Windows has long mirrored the operating system’s struggle to balance usability and protection, a tension that has shaped every major release since Windows XP. One of the most visible battlegrounds in this war is the way Windows manages administrative...
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For the first time in recent memory, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday has arrived with a touch of optimism: July 2025’s security update package dropped without a single known exploited vulnerability in the wild. While one high-profile flaw has already been publicly disclosed and ten critical issues...
Microsoft's introduction of Smart App Control (SAC) in Windows 11 marks a significant advancement in the operating system's security framework. This feature is designed to proactively block untrusted or potentially harmful applications, thereby enhancing system protection and optimizing...
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Windows 11 has continuously evolved since its initial release, responding to both end-user demands and the changing threat landscape in the world of cybersecurity. Among the recent headline features, Smart App Control stands out as a bold step forward in Microsoft's effort to block malicious or...
Smart App Control, a relatively recent addition to Windows 11’s arsenal of security features, marks a decisive shift in how Microsoft envisions frontline protection for everyday users. With threats growing craftier and more frequent, rigorous defenses have become less of a luxury and more of a...
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Phishing attacks have reached new levels of sophistication, as demonstrated by a recently intercepted campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users and using meticulously engineered techniques to breach the defenses of even security-aware organizations. This particular attack, identified and blocked by...
Redefining expectations around enterprise network security, the recently disclosed CVE-2025-29959 presents a significant information disclosure risk within Microsoft’s Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The vulnerability, characterized as a “use of uninitialized resource,” raises...