Windows Hello for Business: Passwordless authentication for Windows shops

Microsoft is trying to get rid of that sticky note that you see taped to everyone’s office monitor. You know, the one with the password on it. The one with all of the old passwords crossed off one by one, each one subtly different from the last — an exclamation point turning into an ampersand, a one into a two.

Enterprises have really done this to themselves. The passwords that most organizations require — which have to be complex, with long strings of numbers and specially cased phrases with some (but not all! heavens no, not the one you want) symbols — are difficult to remember. There’s no hope except to write them down. Then you have to reset them every so often. Then they get recycled. And on and on the cycle goes.

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Update now! WinRAR files can be abused to run malware

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: WinRAR

Tags: CVE-2023-40477

Tags: RCE

Tags: Windows 11

A new version of WinRAR is available that patches two vulnerabilities attackers could use for remote code execution.

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Windows 11 is showing its first signs of Rust

Categories: News

Tags: Windows 11

Tags: OS

Tags: operating system

Tags: programming language

Tags: rust

Tags: C

Tags: C++

Tags: kernel

Tags: buffer overflow

We take a look at the slow introduction of programming language Rust into the Windows 11 kernel in an effort to make it more memory safe.

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Ransomware as a service? Windows users can still fight back.

Ransomware.

It’s one word that can strike a chill in anyone from a corporate C-suite to a home user. It’s sometimes hard to get a feel for the overall ransomware industry (and yes, it’s now an industry). But based on anecdotal reviews of forums and social media, it appears as though attacks against individuals are slowing. I no longer see people report they’ve been hit by ransomware on their PCs.

But it may be that attackers have realized that going after “one-off” targets isn’t the best business plan. In fact, in a recent Microsoft Secure online seminar (registration required), Jessica Payne and Geoff McDonald discuss how ransomware is now a big business, offered as a service by those who sell access to compromised networks to others.

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How to protect your privacy in Windows 11

From the moment Microsoft released Windows 10 in 2015, the new OS came under fire for the amount of private information it gathered from users by default. Over the years, the vendor gradually introduced changes to Windows 10 that alleviated some of those privacy concerns, but some remain — and most of those apply to Windows 11 as well.

Whether you think Windows 11 crosses the privacy line or just want to safeguard as much of your personal life as possible, we’re here to help. Here’s how to protect your privacy in just a few minutes.

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Microsoft to end direct sale of Windows 10 licenses at the end of January

Categories: News

Tags: windows 10

Tags: windows 11

Tags: microsoft

Tags: license

Tags: sale

Tags: third party

Tags: desktop

Tags: upgrade

Tags: hardware

We take a look at reports that Microsoft will shortly be ending the direct sale of Windows 10 licenses.

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Chrome users, you have 3 months to say goodbye to Windows 7 and 8.1

Categories: News

Tags: Google Chrome

Tags: Chrome 110

Tags: Windows 7

Tags: Windows 10

Tags: Windows 11

Tags: Windows 8.1

Tags: Windows Subsystem for Android

Tags: WSA

Chrome will not be there for you when Microsoft ends its Extended Security Updates program for legacy Windows versions early next year.

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Windows 11 pulls ahead of Windows 10 in anti-phishing stakes

Categories: News

Tags: Windows 11

Tags: Windows 10

Tags: phishing

Tags: protection

Tags: warning

Tags: message

Tags: Defender Smartscreen

We take a look at a new set of security features for Windows 11, and see what Windows 10 can expect to miss out on.

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