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Microsoft Exec Blames WannaCry Ransomware on NSA Vulnerability Hoarding Program
Microsoft's Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith has penned a blog post today, accusing the NSA of stockpiling exploits, failing to protect its hacking tools, and indirectly causing the WannaCry ransomware outbreak.
- May 14, 2017
- 09:00 PM
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Microsoft Announces a New UI for Future Windows 10 Releases (Photos)
At the Build conference held yesterday in Seattle, Microsoft announced a new UI for its products, which the company has officially named the "Microsoft Fluent Design Language."
- May 12, 2017
- 06:25 AM
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Edge Security Flaw Allows Theft of Facebook and Twitter Credentials
Argentinian security researcher Manuel Caballero has discovered another vulnerability in Microsoft's Edge browser that can be exploited to bypass a security protection feature and steal data such as passwords from other sites, or cookie files that contain sensitive information.
- May 11, 2017
- 08:00 AM
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Microsoft Bans SHA-1 Certificates in Edge and Internet Explorer
Starting yesterday, via updates delivered in the May 2017 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft browsers such as Edge and Internet Explorer, have begun flagging websites as insecure if they use SSL/TLS certificates signed with the SHA-1 algorithm.
- May 10, 2017
- 01:55 PM
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Microsoft Has Effectively Banned Third-Party Browsers From the Windows Store
A one-liner in the Windows Store policy is the reason why we'll never have the "original" Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or other browsers available through the official Windows Store.
- May 10, 2017
- 10:15 AM
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3 of 4 Zero-Days Microsoft Patched Yesterday Were Used by Russian Cyberspies
Microsoft's May 2017 Patch Tuesday, released yesterday, included fixes for three zero-days, which according to ESET and FireEye, were used by cyber-espionage groups operating out of Russia.
- May 10, 2017
- 05:08 AM
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Microsoft Security Updates for May 2017 Include Fixes for Four Zero-Days
Earlier today, Microsoft officially released its monthly updates, something that sysadmins all over the world call Patch Tuesday.
- May 09, 2017
- 04:38 PM
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Out-Of-Band Update to Fix "Crazy Bad" Vulnerability
In an emergency out-of-band update released late last night, Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine discovered by two Google security experts over the weekend, and which the two described as "crazy bad" and "the worst Windows remote code exec in recent memory."
- May 09, 2017
- 03:17 AM
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Dangerous Microsoft Edge Bug Displays One Set of Numbers, but Prints Another
In one of the weirdest — but equally dangerous — bugs of all time, it appears that Edge will display one set of numbers on the screen, but will send another set of numbers to the printer, effectively replacing content on your documents.
- May 08, 2017
- 06:55 AM
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Google Researchers Find Wormable "Crazy Bad" Windows Exploit
Two Google security experts have found a severe remote code execution (RCE) bug in the Windows OS, which they've described as "crazy bad."
- May 08, 2017
- 05:30 AM
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Windows 10 S Won't Let You Change the Default Browser, Meaning You're Stuck With Edge
Windows 10 S users won't be able to change their default browser and search provider away from Microsoft Edge and Bing.
- May 03, 2017
- 04:52 PM
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Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 S, a Competitor for Google's Chrome OS
At the MicrosoftEDU Event held today in New York, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, a version of the Windows 10 operating system that is restricted to running only Windows Store apps.
- May 02, 2017
- 12:20 PM
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Microsoft Advises Against Manually Installing Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft would like Windows 10 users to stand in line in an orderly fashion and wait their turn to update to the Creators Update (CU), the latest major edition of the Windows 10 OS, released on April 11.
- April 27, 2017
- 04:25 AM
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Microsoft Removing Standalone Office Features to Force Users Towards Office 365
Microsoft announced last week that starting October 13, 2020, customers who purchased a copy of a standalone Office product — such as Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016 — will have their access revoked to Skype for Business and OneDrive for Business accounts.
- April 23, 2017
- 06:10 AM
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Microsoft Sets New Release Schedule for Windows 10 with Two Major Updates per Year
Today, Microsoft pledged itself to a new release schedule for Windows 10, for which the Redmond company promises to release all major features during two update periods, one in March and one in September, each year.
- April 20, 2017
- 06:05 PM
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You Can Activate Windows 10 Creators Update with Old Windows License Keys
License keys for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 can be used to activate a fresh copy of the Windows 10 Creators Update, even if Microsoft has "officially" stopped offering free upgrades to Windows 10 back in the summer of 2016.
- April 19, 2017
- 06:22 AM
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User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Updates on Windows 7 & 8.1
GitHub user Zeffy has created a patch that removes a limitation that Microsoft imposed on users of 7th generation processors, a limit that prevents users from receiving Windows updates if they still use Windows 7 and 8.1.
- April 18, 2017
- 03:50 PM
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Edge Plagued by Various Security Flaws, Not as Secure as Microsoft Boasts
Microsoft never shied away from claiming that Edge is a much more secure browser than Chrome. Even some third-party tests have sustained its claims. Nonetheless, there are currently three different issues affecting Edge, which Microsoft might not like you knowing about.
- April 18, 2017
- 10:05 AM
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Microsoft Says It Already Patched Most of the Shadow Brokers Exploits
Earlier today, Microsoft concluded an investigation which it started yesterday after a mysterious group of hackers known as The Shadow Brokers dumped a trove of Windows exploits online, as part of a plan started last year and aimed at ousting the Equation Group cyber-espionage group as the NSA.
- April 15, 2017
- 12:50 PM
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Microsoft Stops Updates for New CPU Models on Windows 7 and 8.1
Starting this month, Microsoft has stopped delivering updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 operating systems running on modern processor models, such as Intel 7th Generation (Kaby Lake) and AMD 7th Generation (Bristol Ridge).
- April 14, 2017
- 04:15 AM
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