Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative was 7 years old in 2009 when we first released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). Despite substantial improvements in Windows OS security during that same period, it was clear that the way we shipped Windows at the time (3-4 years between major releases) was simply ...
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
Google has disclosed to the public the existence of a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-7855) that is being actively exploited in the wild.
According to Neel Mehta and Billy Leonard, of the Google Threat Analysis Group, it’s a local privilege escalation in the Windows kernel that can be used as a security ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2016
Ransomware, a variety of malware which encrypts user files and demands payment in return for a key, has become a major threat to businesses and the average user alike.
Coming in a variety of forms, ransomware most often compromises PCs through phishing campaigns and fraudulent emails. Once a PC is infected, ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2016
We told you how to tell if you’re infected with malware. We told you how to clean up the infection if you get it. How about how to stop the infection from happening in the first place?
Yes, it’s possible to clean up an infected computer and fully remove malware from ...
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
I'd forgotten that I signed up to test the BETA version of this service about a year ago and I finally got an invite over the weekend and started playing around with it. VDI is not new but it's now becoming more affordable for the consumer and they offer some ...
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