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Microsoft Reveals Windows Defender Security Center Scheduled for Creators Update

The Windows 10 Creators Update scheduled for launch later this year will include an upgrade of the default Windows Defender antivirus, which will feature a new settings panel named the Windows Defender Security Center.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 23, 2017
- 05:43 PM
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Microsoft's January 2017 Patch Tuesday Comes with 4 Security Updates

Today, Microsoft released four security bulletins as part of its monthly security update train known as "Patch Tuesday." This month, two of the four Microsoft security bulletins are rated as critical, the highest severity rating a bulletin can receive.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 10, 2017
- 07:52 PM
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Microsoft to Add Bitcoin Support to Excel Later This Year

With Bitcoin popularity soaring like never before, Microsoft plans to add support for the cryptocurrency in Excel for both mobile and desktop versions.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 03, 2017
- 05:10 PM
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Microsoft Tests New 'Green Screen of Death' on Latest Windows 10 Builds

Windows 10 Insider builds will now feature a Green Screen of Death (GSOD) instead of the classic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error page we have all become accustomed to.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 29, 2016
- 08:35 AM
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Flash Will Soon Be "Click-To-Run" in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft is following in the footsteps of other browser makers such as Apple, Google, and Mozilla, and says that upcoming Edge browser versions will favor HTML5 over Flash by default.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14, 2016
- 02:40 PM
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Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Issue That Knocked People off the Internet

Microsft has released KB3206632, a Windows update that fixes an issue introduced in an earlier update that crashed the CDPSVC service and prevented some users from receiving IP address information via the DCHP protocol, used by both home and enterprise-grade routers to connect users to the Internet.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14, 2016
- 11:10 AM
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Microsoft Edge SmartScreen Security Feature Can Be Abused for Tech Support Scams

Microsoft Edge SmartScreen SecuriManuel Caballero, the Web security expert behind the Broken Browser blog, has discovered that Microsoft Edge, the default web browser included with Windows 10, is affected by a vulnerability that allows a third-party to show fake warning messages for any online domain, such as Google, Facebook, or the
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 12, 2016
- 12:50 PM
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Microsoft Researchers Release Anti-Reconnaissance Tool Named SAMRi10

Microsoft researchers Itai Grady and Tal Be'ery released today a new tool designed to help system administrators protect enterprise networks from reconnaissance attacks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 01, 2016
- 07:20 AM
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Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker

Windows security expert and infrastructure trainer Sami Laiho has discovered a simple method of bypassing BitLocker during the Windows 10 update procedure.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 29, 2016
- 04:16 PM
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Microsoft Denies Rumors of Sharing Windows 10 Telemetry Data with FireEye

Microsoft shot down rumors it was sharing personal user data acquired from Windows 10 telemetry with US security vendor FireEye.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 26, 2016
- 11:55 AM
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CERT to Microsoft: Don't Kill EMET, Windows 10 Is Not as Secure as You Think

Will Dormann, a Vulnerability Analyst for the US-CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), is advising Microsoft to continue developing EMET because Windows 10 does not provide the same protection measures, in spite of the company's claims.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24, 2016
- 05:47 AM
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Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation as the World Remains the Right Side Up

Almost 15 years after Steve Ballmer had compared Linux and the open source community to cancer, Microsoft announced today that it was joining the Linux Foundation as a platinum member.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 16, 2016
- 02:25 PM
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Skype Technical Issue Delays Message Delivery, Prevents Users from Connecting

Microsoft engineers are working to resolve a technical issue affecting Skype, which delays the sending of messages among Skype users, and in some cases, prevents users from connecting to the service.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 14, 2016
- 02:51 PM
- 0
Microsoft Announces Visual Studio for Mac

Microsoft announced today plans to release Visual Studio for Mac at the upcoming Connect() conference set to start this Wednesday on November 16.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 14, 2016
- 08:00 AM
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Kaskpersky Complains to Russian and EU Authorities About Microsoft's Monopolistic Tactics

Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky Lab has filed official complaints at regulatory bodies in various countries across the EU and in Russia, asking authorities to force Microsoft to cease its efforts to sabotage third-party antivirus products in the detriment of its own security solution, Windows Defender.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 11, 2016
- 01:17 PM
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Microsoft to Retire Security Bulletins in January 2017 in Favor of Searchable Security Updates Database

Microsoft announced yesterday plans to retire the Security Bulletins system after January 2017, and replace it with a portal that provides a searchable database of all the company's security updates.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 09, 2016
- 05:53 AM
- 0
Microsoft Pesters Users with Ads Again, This Time for Edge

Microsoft is on the receiving end of new criticism after reporter Brad Chacos spotted a new type of ad pestering Windows 10 users and attempting to promote Edge when users set up Chrome as their default browser.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 04, 2016
- 07:00 PM
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Microsoft Extends EMET Support for 18 Months Until July 2018

Despite saying "EMET has serious limits," Microsoft announced yesterday plans to extend EMET support past the original EOL (End Of Life) date on January 27, 2017 to July 31, 2018.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 04, 2016
- 03:57 PM
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Microsoft Launches Teams, as Slack Fires Warning Shot via New York Times Back Page Ad

An open letter on the back page of The New York Times is a good way to sabotage your competitor's product launch. This was the strategy that Slack chose today when Microsoft announced in front of an audience in New York a new product called Microsoft Teams.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 02, 2016
- 03:01 PM
- 0
Google Discloses Windows Zero-Day Before Microsoft Can Issue Patch

There's a tiny scandal brewing among two of Silicon Valley's elites after Google engineers have publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability affecting several Windows operating system versions before Microsoft could issue a patch to address the issue.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 02, 2016
- 10:33 AM
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