Security News

Microsoft Classifies Ask Toolbar as ‘Unwanted’ Software (Threatpost)
2015-06-12 19:36

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers.

Microsoft flags Ask toolbar as unwanted and dangerous (Help Net Security)
2015-06-12 09:57

From this month on, all versions of Ask.com's infamous browser toolbar except the very last will be detected as unwanted software by Microsoft security products and removed. This move is the resu...

Microsoft Brings HSTS to Windows 7 and 8.1 (Threatpost)
2015-06-10 15:47

Microsoft announced it has added HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, in addition to its native inclusion in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.

Microsoft releases critical patches, improves IE security (Help Net Security)
2015-06-10 10:16

This June Patch Tuesday we have a slightly smaller patch load from Microsoft, taking us back to more historic average releases of eight bulletins. We have just two critical patches to deal with and si...