Tag: Microsoft
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Slashdot: Microsoft To Revamp Windows Kernel Access for Security Vendors
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1849229/microsoft-to-revamp-windows-kernel-access-for-security-vendors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft To Revamp Windows Kernel Access for Security Vendors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft plans to enhance security for its Windows operating system by enabling security vendors like CrowdStrike to function outside the OS kernel. This move comes in response to a problematic update from…
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Slashdot: As Quantum Computing Threats Loom, Microsoft Updates Its Core Crypto Library
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/0624230/as-quantum-computing-threats-loom-microsoft-updates-its-core-crypto-library?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: As Quantum Computing Threats Loom, Microsoft Updates Its Core Crypto Library Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has updated its SymCrypt cryptographic library to include two new encryption algorithms designed to protect against quantum computer attacks. This move is part of a larger initiative to enhance…
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Hacker News: Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/microsoft_closed_security_summit/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The upcoming security summit hosted by Microsoft in collaboration with CrowdStrike and other endpoint security partners is expected to address crucial issues surrounding security resiliency, particularly in light of…
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The Register: Microsoft says it broke some Windows 10 patching – as it fixes flaws under attack
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/patch_tuesday_september_2024/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft says it broke some Windows 10 patching – as it fixes flaws under attack Feedly Summary: CISA wants you to leap on Citrix and Ivanti issues. Adobe, Intel, SAP also bid for patching priorities Patch Tuesday Another Patch Tuesday has dawned, as usual with the unpleasant news…
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Krebs on Security: Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/bug-left-some-windows-pcs-dangerously-unpatched/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched Feedly Summary: Microsoft Corp. today released updates to fix at least 79 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including multiple flaws that are already showing up in active attacks. Microsoft also corrected a critical bug that…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-september-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score Feedly Summary: September’s monthly round of patches from Microsoft included 79 vulnerabilities, seven of which are considered critical. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has disclosed multiple vulnerabilities including two…
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Alerts: Microsoft Releases September 2024 Security Updates
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/09/10/microsoft-releases-september-2024-security-updates Source: Alerts Title: Microsoft Releases September 2024 Security Updates Feedly Summary: Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following and apply necessary updates: Microsoft…
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The Register: Microsoft exec warns of business functions being sacrificed on the altar of AI
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/microsoft_arun_ulag_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft exec warns of business functions being sacrificed on the altar of AI Feedly Summary: Too many IT modernization projects? Not enough budget? Something will have to give Arun Ulag, Microsoft corporate vice president for Azure Data, reckons that, in a world of constrained or finite IT budgets,…
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The Register: Microsoft’s Inflection acquihire is too small to matter, say UK regulators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/microsoft_inflection_acquihire_cma/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft’s Inflection acquihire is too small to matter, say UK regulators Feedly Summary: Deal can’t lessen competition if AI minnow wasn’t much of a competitor Microsoft’s “acquihire" of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn’t big enough for its absorption…
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The Register: Intel’s 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/03/intels_lunar_lake_mobile_chips/ Source: The Register Title: Intel’s 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed Feedly Summary: And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC Intel’s first chips to exceed Microsoft’s lofty Copilot+ performance target have arrived, promising up to 120 TOPS of AI performance across an improved CPU,…