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Microsoft is pausing the rollout of Windows Meltdown and Spectre patches until hosted anti-virus software vendors confirms no unsupported Windows kernel calls via the addition of a registry key on PCs.
Blue screen crashes on decade-old AMD chips seem to be widespread.
Microsoft Will Not Deliver Security Updates to Devices With Incompatible Antiviruses read more
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
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...
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
Intel, Microsoft, ARM, and others have responded. We dig in.
In an attempt to prevent cybercriminals from abusing the Dynamic read more
Microsoft patched 34 vulnerabilities in all on Tuesday with most of the bugs impacting Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office and Microsoft’s Scripting Engine.
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