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4149 news in this category

1. Microsoft finally manages to fix Windows 11 Defender Local Security Authority protection off

   By Karlston, July 6, 2023   

   • windows 11
   • microsoft defender
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   • 1,549 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 6, 2023

2. Microsoft finds Netgear router bugs enabling corporate breaches

   By Karlston, June 30, 2021   

   • netgear
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,474 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 30, 2021

3. Microsoft fixed security issues on Excel, Outlook 2013 and 2016, for both 32 and 64-bit

   By Karlston, June 20, 2023
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   • 1,196 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 20, 2023

4. Microsoft fixed Windows CVE-2024-26248, CVE-2024-29056 Kerberos PAC validation flaw

   By Karlston, April 14, 2024
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   • 1,581 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 14, 2024

5. Microsoft fixes another exploited Chromium security vulnerability in the latest Edge update

   By Karlston, May 15, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,521 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 15, 2024

6. Microsoft fixes Defender flaw letting hackers bypass antivirus scans

   By Karlston, February 11, 2022
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   • 1,218 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 11, 2022

7. Microsoft fixes ProxyNotShell Exchange zero-days exploited in attacks

   By alf9872000, November 8, 2022
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   • 970 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 8, 2022

8. Microsoft fixes remaining Windows PrintNightmare vulnerabilities

   By Karlston, September 14, 2021   

   • windows
   • security patch
   • 0 comments
   • 2,005 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 14, 2021

9. Microsoft fixes six security vulnerabilities in the latest Edge update

   By Karlston, June 21, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • security patches
   • 0 comments
   • 1,221 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 21, 2024

10. Microsoft fixes TLS handshake failures in Windows 11 22H2

    By alf9872000, October 26, 2022
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    • 1,228 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 26, 2022

11. Microsoft fixes Windows CVE-2021-40444 MSHTML zero-day bug

    By Karlston, September 14, 2021   

    • windows
    • security patch
    • 0 comments
    • 2,018 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 14, 2021

12. Microsoft fixes Windows vulnerable driver blocklist sync issue

    By alf9872000, October 26, 2022
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    • 1,061 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 26, 2022

13. Microsoft found TikTok Android flaw that let hackers hijack accounts

    By alf9872000, August 31, 2022
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    • 1,052 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • August 31, 2022

14. Microsoft goes after a cybercriminal group that sold millions of fraudulent accounts online

    By aum, December 14, 2023
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    • 1,168 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 14, 2023

15. Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts

    By Karlston, May 2, 2025
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    • 845 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 2, 2025

16. Microsoft has discovered a new scam targeting crypto firms on Telegram

    By alf9872000, December 7, 2022
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    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 7, 2022

17. Microsoft helped Indian law enforcers smash a tech support fraud operation

    By Karlston, October 20, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • scammers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • scammers
      • india
    • 1 comment
    • 1,583 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • October 20, 2023

18. Microsoft hit by global outage of some Azure and Office cloud services

    By aum, July 30, 2024
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    • 920 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 30, 2024

19. Microsoft hit with €60 million fine by France for not offering cookie opt-out on Bing

    By Karlston, December 23, 2022   

    • microsoft
    • fine
    • 0 comments
    • 957 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 23, 2022

20. Microsoft investigating claims of hacked source code repositories

    By Karlston, March 21, 2022   

    • microsoft
    • 0 comments
    • 1,233 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2022

21. Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default to protect users

    By Karlston, October 8, 2021   

    • microsoft 365
    • excel
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft 365
      • excel
      • macros
    • 0 comments
    • 1,498 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 8, 2021

22. Microsoft is fixing the way Edge stores your passwords

    By Karlston, May 15   

    • microsoft edge
    • passwords
    • 0 comments
    • 176 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 15

23. Microsoft is killing its password manager in Authenticator to make everyone use Edge

    By Karlston, May 3, 2025   

    • microsoft authenticator
    • microsoft edge
    • 1 comment
    • 1,087 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • May 3, 2025

24. Microsoft is killing off this authentication protocol in Windows - here's why

    By aum, October 16, 2023
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    • 1,316 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 16, 2023

25. Microsoft is killing something inside Edge but it's to improve user data privacy

    By Karlston, April 4, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • 1 comment
    • 1,121 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • April 5, 2025