Windows 11 22H2 was just released, and with it comes a new security feature called Enhanced Phishing Protection that warns users when they enter their Windows password in insecure applications or on websites.Windows login credentials are valuable to threat actors as they allow them to access internal corporate networks for data theft or ransomware attacks.Th

Microsoft says that KB5017383, this month's Windows preview update, has been accidentally listed in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and may lead to security update install problems in some managed environments.The issue is that while WSUS allows admins to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates in enterprise environments, non-security preview relea

Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue where copying files/shortcuts using Group Policy Preferences on Windows client devices might not work as expected after installing recent Windows cumulative updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday.On affected systems, files or shortcuts will not copy to the target drives or end up as zero-byte files when us

Microsoft says a threat actor gained access to cloud tenants hosting Microsoft Exchange servers in credential stuffing attacks, with the end goal of deploying malicious OAuth applications and sending phishing emails."The investigation revealed that the threat actor launched credential stuffing attacks against high-risk accounts that didn't have multi-factor

Microsoft and Canonical have teamed up to add systemd support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing a larger number of compatible apps to be installed.systemd is a Linux software application that acts as the system and service manager for initializing daemons/services during the bootup of the operating system. Systemd also supports tools that all

The Windows 11 22H2 feature update released earlier this week is reportedly causing gaming performance issues on systems with NVIDIA GPUs.As detailed in reports shared across several online platforms and on Microsoft's online community, some users experience stuttering and massive lag while playing games due to what looks like significant drops in CPU usage

As a freelance writer, I spend most of my day working in Microsoft Word. Then, I send drafts to clients and companies across the globe. So, news of the newly discovered Microsoft Office vulnerability made me concerned about the possibility of accidentally spreading malware to my clients. I take extra precautions to ensure that I’m not introducing risk

Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel.Redmond has enabled the SMB authentication rate limiter by default and tweaking some of its settings to make such attacks less effective, starting with the latest Windows 11 Insider dev

Tripwire’s August 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft.First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel that resolve 4 vulnerabilities, including denial of service, remote code execution, and security feature bypass.Up next are patches that affect compone

Microsoft says tamper protection will soon be turned on by default for all enterprise customers in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) for better defense against ransomware attacks.The company added this feature to its enterprise endpoint security platform in March 2019 to block changes to key security features and prevent attackers or malicious

Microsoft has released the next version of Windows 11 called "22H2," otherwise known as the Windows 11 2022 Update, and it is available as an optional update for users running at least Windows 10 2004 or an older version of Windows 11.Windows 11 22H2 is the first feature update for Microsoft's new operating system, coming with numerous features&nbs

Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 11, version 22H2, downloadable today using the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit."This release includes numerous changes to further assist in the security of enterprise customers," Microsoft security consultant Rick Munck said."Changes have been made for addi

Microsoft has released the optional KB5017380 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2.This update includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements, including a new FIDO2 and Windows Hello authentication features.The KB5017380 cumulative update preview is part of Microsoft's September 2022 monthly "C" update, allow

The Windows 10 KB5017308 cumulative update released this Patch Tuesday is reportedly causing Group Policy Object (GPO) issues, according to admin reports.According to reports shared across multiple social networks and on Microsoft's online community, GPO file operations will no longer work as they can no longer create or copy shortcuts correctly after instal

An ongoing malvertising campaign is injecting ads in the Microsoft Edge News Feed to redirect potential victims to websites pushing tech support scams.Microsoft Edge is currently the default web browser on computers running the Windows operating system and it currently has a 4.3% market share worldwide, according to Statcounter's Global Stats.This scam