Why Windows updates keep getting bigger and more bloated
…Monthly frequency Unlike Apple, which as a company adopts a strategy of only delivering updates when they're ready, Microsoft sticks to a fixed monthly schedule. Even so, Apple's updates are…
…Monthly frequency Unlike Apple, which as a company adopts a strategy of only delivering updates when they're ready, Microsoft sticks to a fixed monthly schedule. Even so, Apple's updates are…
…On Patch Tuesday in March, Microsoft patched more than 80 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in Excel and other Office applications. In some cases, simply opening the preview pane in Outlook was enough…
…To this end, Microsoft provides Application Control for Windows, a feature that allows organizations to selectively approve their own or non-officially certified drivers (for example, for internal applications or specialized hardware…
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…This time around, that applies to the EoP (elevation of privilege) vulnerability CVE-2026-33825 in Defender. Its discoverer had reported it to Microsoft and, frustrated by what he considered an inadequate…
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