Security News
Microsoft this week revealed plans to offer paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for three years after traditional support for the operating system will officially end. read more
Security Compass announced it has expanded on operational security (OpSec) requirements available in the SD Elements’ knowledge library, with support for Microsoft Azure and other application...
Flaw allows a local user to obtain System privileges.
Exploit Code Published After Disclosure Process Appears to Have Gone SidewaysMicrosoft appears set to patch a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability after a research published...
A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions - so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges.
There is no known workaround for the security flaw.
Microsoft this week made available another round of microcode updates created by Intel for mitigating the recently disclosed speculative execution vulnerabilities tracked as Foreshadow and L1...
Intentionally or not, Microsoft has emerged as a kind of internet cop by devoting considerable resources to thwarting Russian hackers. read more
New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.
In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.