Security

This month’s quality update for Windows 10 is so good that it installs itself twice, Microsoft releases patches for Intel Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) attacks, and there’s a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows Error Reporting.

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Microsoft is bringing Windows Hello to new places that will help make it easier to log in more securely to your Microsoft account.

Microsoft is continuing to build out its security services with a new offering for MacOS and new features for ATP as well.

Because Punxsutawney Phil is a lying liar who lies, this edition of Short Takes looks Windows 10 stumbling to 800 million active devices, an open source Windows Calculator, Microsoft’s two new datacenters in Africa, and so much more.

Microsoft's new security tool creates a personal security graph for your environment with the ability to quickly outsource help, if additional assistance is needed.

Because I want to be your Valentine, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s weird criticism of its own product, a Windows 7 paid support leak, fake 5G network branding that needs to be taken down, Apple’s FaceTime bug, and much more.

The first Patch Tuesday of 2019 sees a critical remote code execution vulnerability fixed in the Windows DHCP client.

LAPS-managed local administrator accounts can be used for remote administration providing that policy doesn’t block their use.

Because CES is a pointless disaster, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s brief view from the top, when a partnership is not a partnership, Bing and illegal content, Cortana’s ongoing problems, and much more. All goods things must end Microsoft’s months-long run as the world’s most successful company---as measured by market capitalization---has come… Read More

SUVP provides patches up to three weeks before their official release and encompasses all Microsoft products that are supported for security fixes.

In what Microsoft says will be the last cumulative update in 2018 before the holiday season, there are patches for 38 CVEs, including a zero-day.

Microsoft updates Windows Defender ATP to detect and auto remediate memory-based attacks.

Using the cloud for backup and recovery is a choice many businesses utilize but make sure you understand the entire picture before moving to that recovery model.

Microsoft rereleases Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 version 1809, and patches 62 flaws, 13 of which are rated critical.