Microsoft

Microsoft: Windows 10 ‘Known Issue Rollback’ Auto-Fixes Update Bugs Microsoft has shared details on Known Issue Rollback (KIR), a Windows 10 capability used to revert buggy non-security fixes delivered through Windows Update. KIR is not used to revert problematic security updates because it would lead to older code being reintroduced, Read more…

Microsoft Starts Force Installing Windows 10 20H2 On More Devices Microsoft is ramping up the forced rollout of Windows 10, version 20H2 to more devices approaching end of service (EOS), as part of a new rollout phase. This new automated feature update rollout phase follows the addition of Windows 10 Read more…

Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Exchange Zero-Day Bugs, Patch Now Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates for all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that fix four zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in targeted attacks. These four zero-day vulnerabilities are chained together to gain access to Microsoft Exchange servers, steal email, and plant Read more…

Microsoft Announces Windows Server 2022 With New Security Features Microsoft says that Windows Server 2022 will come with security improvements and will bring Secured-core to the Windows Server platform. Windows Server 2022 “provides secured connectivity enabled by industry-standard AES 256 encryption,” Microsoft said. The next Windows Server release will also Read more…

Microsoft Teams Adds End-To-End Encryption (E2EE) To One-On-One Calls Microsoft adds new security, privacy, and compliance features to the Microsoft Teams chat and collaboration solution, including end-to-end encryption support for one-on-one voice calls. Microsoft Teams is a cloud collaboration platform designed to allow an organization’s team to stay organized and communicate Read more…

Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Analytics Enters Public Preview Microsoft announced the addition of Threat Analytics for Microsoft 365 Defender customers and the roll-out of Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management Analytics, both in public preview. Microsoft 365 Defender (first announced as Microsoft Threat Protection at Ignite 2018) is an enterprise defense suite for cross-domain security that helps security teams Read more…

Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Drive Corruption Bug — What You Need To Know Microsoft has fixed a Windows 10 bug that could cause NTFS volumes to become corrupted by merely accessing a particular path or viewing a specially crafted file. Last month, BleepingComputer reported on a new Windows bug that allows any Read more…

Microsoft Removes 3D Objects, Windows 10’s Most Useless Folder, From File Explorer Microsoft is no longer treating possibly the most unused folder, 3D Objects, as a special folder in File Explorer. With the release of Windows 10 1703, otherwise known as the Creators Update, Microsoft included a new application called ‘3D Read more…