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Microsoft has released new PowerShell 5.1 cmdlets to let IT pros assess the performance of Microsoft Defender Antivirus.
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The August edition of Microsoft's monthly security patch rollout is here, addressing 44 CVEs, seven of them characterized as "Critical" by security researchers.
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An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (CVE-2021-36934) is present in Windows 10 client operating systems, per a Tuesday Microsoft security advisory .
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Microsoft's latest monthly patch tally is back in the three digits.
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Security researchers counted 49 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft's June security patch release, with five being "Critical" and the rest "Important."
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The Nobelium espionage group targeted about 3,000 e-mail accounts, commencing May 25, a Thursday Microsoft announcement indicated.
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Four CVEs this month were described as "Critical" in severity, 50 were deemed "Important" and one was "Moderate."
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Ivanti recently issued a warning about a new security vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances that enables "an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary file execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway."
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The April rollout comprised security updates for 114 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), including "Critical" Exchange Server patches that Microsoft implored organizations to apply "as soon as possible."
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Microsoft's March security update release delivered patches for 89 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), up 60 percent from last month.
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Microsoft has issued out-of-band security patches to address zero-day flaws affecting Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019.
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Microsoft's February security patch bundle rolled out on Tuesday to address 56 security vulnerabilities.
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Microsoft's January security patch release addresses 83 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), 10 of which were described as "Critical" by security researchers and 73 as "Important."
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Microsoft this week announced the release of a new endpoint detection and response (EDR) capability specifically for Linux servers in the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint product.
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Organizations that want to detect and block the old and insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol can draw on some new advice from the U.S. National Security Agency.
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Certain subscribers to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service can now access a new "attack simulation training" feature, Microsoft announced this week.
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In the wake of the SolarWinds Orion-based software attack discovered last month, Microsoft has shared several resources for IT pros to help them discover similar breaches.
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A new feature in the Microsoft Authenticator app that stores and autofills user names and passwords is now in preview.
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Microsoft's December security bundle of software fixes, released Tuesday, addresses just 58 vulnerabilities, about half as much as previous months' totals.