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VPN vendor Forcepoint has patched a security flaw that could have given attackers unfettered access to its users' Windows computers.
It's not a Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft is rolling out emergency out-of-band security patches for two new vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical Internet Explorer zero-day that cyber...
Microsoft will continue to provide some Windows 7 machines with security updates beyond the January 2020 end-of-support date, and voting systems are among them, the company has announced. read more
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 will officially reach end-of-support on January 14, 2020, but they will continue to receive security patches past that date, unofficially. read more
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Researchers at breach and attack simulation firm SafeBreach discovered that the Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows is affected by a vulnerability that can be exploited to escalate privileges and...
Microsoft broke its built-in antivirus utility, thanks to a patch for a different issue.
Microsoft has rushed to fix a bug that prevented users from running a quick scan or a full system scan with Windows Defender. Many users reported this week that after they installed the latest...
Microsoft has released a fix for a bug that made its Windows Defender Antivirus fail after a few seconds when users opted for a Quick or Full scan of the system. Users are advised to implement...
Microsoft's Windows management tools can lock PCs down to only use trusted software.