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1. Microsoft blocked billions of brute-force and phishing attacks last year

   By Karlston, February 3, 2022
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   • February 3, 2022

2. Microsoft blocks critical Secure Boot loophole after over 7 months — fortifying Windows 11 against sophisticated firmware attacks camouflaged as verified UEFI apps

   By Karlston, January 18, 2025   

   • secure boot
   • security update
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   • 1,191 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 18, 2025

3. Microsoft Blocks Iran-linked Lebanese Hackers Targeting Israeli Companies

   By aum, June 3, 2022
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   • Added by aum
   • June 3, 2022

4. Microsoft blocks UEFI bootloaders enabling Windows Secure Boot bypass

   By Karlston, August 12, 2022   

   • microsoft
   • uefi
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   • 1,436 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 12, 2022

5. Microsoft brings Safe Links phishing protection feature to Teams

   By Karlston, July 26, 2021   

   • microsoft teams
   • phishing
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   • 1,867 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 26, 2021

6. Microsoft cautions new Windows 11 / 10 ISO installs must have this Defender update

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

7. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "Security underpins every layer of the tech stack and it's our No. 1 priority. We are doubling down on this very important work" amid rising concerns over 'cascade of security failures'

   By Karlston, April 29, 2024   

   • microsoft
   • security
   • 2 comments
   • 2,107 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • April 29, 2024

8. Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe

   By Karlston, June 27, 2025
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   • June 27, 2025

9. Microsoft clarifies it does not use your Office documents to train AI models

   By Karlston, November 27, 2024   

   • microsoft
   • 1 comment
   • 1,821 views
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   • Comment by Tzcon
   • November 27, 2024

10. Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security

    By Karlston, August 3, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 1,514 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • August 3, 2023

11. Microsoft commits to European interoperability in a groundbreaking agreement

    By Karlston, September 13, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • european commission
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    • 502 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 13, 2025

12. Microsoft completes EU Data Boundary solution

    By Karlston, February 27, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • eu
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    • February 27, 2025

13. Microsoft Confirms It Can Share Windows 11 BitLocker Keys With Law Enforcement

    By Karlston, January 24
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    • 409 views
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    • Comment by BioHazard
    • January 25

14. Microsoft confirms it's killing TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on next-gen Windows 11, Windows 12, beyond

    By Karlston, August 2, 2023   

    • windows
    • tls
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 2, 2023

15. Microsoft confirms new Exchange zero-days are used in attacks

    By alf9872000, October 1, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 1, 2022

16. Microsoft confirms they were hacked by Lapsus$ extortion group

    By Karlston, March 23, 2022
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 23, 2022

17. Microsoft creates tool to scan MikroTik routers for TrickBot infections

    By Karlston, March 17, 2022   

    • mikrotik routeros
    • trickbot
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 17, 2022

18. Microsoft debuts its next big high-stakes AI feature in Windows - can you trust it?

    By aum, October 16, 2025
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    • Added by aum
    • October 16, 2025

19. Microsoft Defender adds command and control traffic detection

    By alf9872000, October 12, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 12, 2022

20. Microsoft Defender Antivirus had highest system load impact in latest AV-Test

    By alf9872000, May 10, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 10, 2023

21. Microsoft Defender back to its charming best in the latest AV-TEST rankings

    By Karlston, August 15, 2022   

    • av-test
    • 1 comment
    • 1,482 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • August 16, 2022

22. Microsoft Defender beats out several heavyweight rivals in the latest AV-TEST ranking

    By Karlston, January 31, 2022
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    • 1,380 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 31, 2022

23. Microsoft Defender boosts default protection for all enterprise users

    By alf9872000, November 29, 2022
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    • 1,085 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 29, 2022

24. Microsoft Defender bug triggers erroneous BIOS update alerts

    By Karlston, October 2, 2025   

    • microsoft defender
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    • 325 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 2, 2025

25. Microsoft Defender can now isolate compromised Linux endpoints

    By alf9872000, January 31, 2023
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    • 1,215 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 31, 2023