Security News

Microsoft Patches Remote Code Execution Flaw in CredSSP
2018-03-14 16:39

A vulnerability (CVE-2018-0886) patched by Microsoft with its March 2018 security patches was a remote code execution flaw in the Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) used by...

Microsoft Releases More Patches for Meltdown, Spectre
2018-03-14 14:25

Microsoft informed users on Tuesday that it released additional patches for the CPU vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre, and removed antivirus compatibility checks in Windows 10....

Microsoft Patches 15 Critical Bugs in March Patch Tuesday Update
2018-03-13 22:25

Products receiving the most patches included Microsoft browsers and browser-related technologies such as the company’s JavaScript engine Chakra.

Microsoft Patches Over Dozen Critical Browser Flaws
2018-03-13 20:36

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 fix a total of 75 vulnerabilities, including more than a dozen critical flaws affecting the company’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers. All...

New Attack Bypasses Microsoft's Code Integrity Guard
2018-03-08 23:18

Morphisec security researchers warn of a newly discovered attack vector that allows attackers to bypass Microsoft’s Code Integrity Guard (CIG) in order to load malicious libraries into protected...

Microsoft Detects Massive Dofoil Attack
2018-03-08 20:02

Mid-day Tuesday (PST), Microsoft's Windows Defender blocked more than 80,000 instances of several new variants of the Dofoil (aka Smoke Loader) downloader. The signatureless machine learning...

Windows Defender ATP Detects Spyware Used by Law Enforcement: Microsoft
2018-03-04 17:54

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Microsoft releases Spectre fixes for Windows 10 on Skylake CPUs
2018-03-02 16:49

Microsoft has pushed out a new set of Spectre (variant 2) security updates. For the moment, these are just for some devices running on Skylake CPUs and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or Windows...

Microsoft Data Warrant Case in Top US Court Has Global Implications
2018-02-26 03:22

Microsoft faces off with the US government before the Supreme Court Tuesday over a warrant for data stored abroad that has important ramifications for law enforcement in the age of global...

Google drops new Edge zero-day as Microsoft misses 90-day deadline
2018-02-19 18:35

Microsoft wasn't able to come up with a patch within Google's non-negotiable "you have 90 days" period, so the flaw is now public.