Security News

Bad docs and blue screens make Microsoft suspend Spectre patch for AMD machines
2018-01-09 15:31

Blue screen crashes on decade-old AMD chips seem to be widespread.

Microsoft Suspends CPU Flaw Patches for AMD Devices
2018-01-09 14:21

Microsoft Will Not Deliver Security Updates to Devices With Incompatible Antiviruses read more

Microsoft Patches for CPU Flaws Break Windows, Apps
2018-01-08 16:22

Users have complained that the updates released by Microsoft last week for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities cause problems on computers with AMD processors. read more

Warning: Microsoft Fix Freezes Some PCs With AMD Chips
2018-01-08 12:48

Meltdown and Spectre Security Update Bricks Some PCs With Athlon CPUsSecurity teams are scrambling to put fixes for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in place. But Windows users report that...

Microsoft Word subDoc Feature Allows Password Theft
2018-01-05 16:08

A feature in Microsoft Word that allows for the loading of sub-documents from a master document can be abused by attackers to steal a user’s credentials, according to Rhino Security Labs. read more

Meltdown and Spectre: Here’s what Intel, Apple, Microsoft, others are doing about it
2018-01-05 13:52

Intel, Microsoft, ARM, and others have responded. We dig in.

Microsoft Disables Dynamic Update Exchange Protocol  in Word
2017-12-16 23:11

In an attempt to prevent cybercriminals from abusing the Dynamic read more

Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 34 Bugs
2017-12-12 22:12

Microsoft patched 34 vulnerabilities in all on Tuesday with most of the bugs impacting Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office and Microsoft’s Scripting Engine.

Microsoft Patches 19 Critical Browser Vulnerabilities
2017-12-12 20:42

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for December 2017 address more than 30 vulnerabilities, including 19 critical flaws affecting the company’s Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. read more

Microsoft Says ERP Product Private Key Leak Posed Little Risk
2017-12-11 10:48

It took Microsoft more than 100 days to address a problem related to the use of the same digital certificate for all installations of its Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product,...