This month's security patch from Microsoft included a fix for a widespread Windows 10 Internet connection issue.
Microsoft this week announced it will require online cert authorities to implement certain requirements for verification of Windows-based executables and scripts.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/09/2016
Microsoft last week has released a guide for orgs looking to get away from the risky Web-based Shell Hashing Algorithim-1 (SHA-1) encryption.
An alleged Russian hacking group by the name of Strontium is actively exploiting a recently disclosed Windows flaw.
Microsoft took time during its Ignite event, currently going on in Atlanta, to highlight some of the security enhancements coming to its Edge Web browser.
Those that are still running older versions of Adobe Flash ActiveX will not be able to access Flash content in Internet Explorer 11.
With the Tuesday release of Microsoft's monthly security patch, RC4 support has been cut from Edge and Internet Explorer 11 browsers.
Edge browser improvements arrived this week with the first major Windows 10 update.
Microsoft announced this week that both Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 will be getting some Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) improvements with the next major release.
In another step in the company's open source initiate, Microsoft last week has made some of its tech used for WebGL graphics rendering in its Microsoft Edge browser available in the GitHub repository.
A new Web site from Microsoft that checks to see if an app is compatible with Windows 10 is now available.
Both Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Edge Web browsers will deny SHA-1 certificates for security later this year.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has created a modern Web Authentication Working Group focused on Web access security, according to an announcement made last week.
According to Microsoft, enterprises should upgrade their older versions of Internet Explorer to IE 11 before "uninstalling" ahead of this week's end-of-support deadline.
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Microsoft last week announced that they will inform customers if their online and cloud accounts have been targeted or compromised by representatives of nation states.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/06/2016
Many Microsoft products will be losing "extended support" in the coming 12 months.
Browsium on Monday released a new tool for keeping track of Web app and browser compatibility issues.
Enhancements for the Internet Explorer app aimed at compatibility issues have been released this week by Microsoft.
Two Dell certificates have been rejected by Microsoft due to security concerns.