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Resiliency (Premium)

In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, Microsoft has adopted the industry partnership stance I…

A victory for cookies everywhere

Bowing to Regulatory Pressure, Google Abandons Plans to Kill Third-Party Cookies

After four years of delays, Google has finally abandoned its plans to replace third-party cookies…

Windows kernel: Safe or not?
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Not a Great Look (Premium)

Something has been nagging at me since Microsoft blamed the EU for the CrowdStrike outage.…

Microsoft repair tool for CrowdStrike issues

Microsoft Issues Repair Tool for PCs Impacted by CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft issued a software download that creates a USB-based repair tool to unwind the problems…

Windows Recovery

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft’s Antitrust Problems

Microsoft this morning raised an interesting point about the CrowdStrike Internet outage that continues to…

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Microsoft: CrowdStrike Mishap Impacted Less Than 1 Percent of Windows PCs

The CrowdStrike outage this past week was devastating, but it impacted less than 1 percent…

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Botched CrowdStrike Update Triggered Microsoft Infrastructure Outage Overnight

Security firm CrowdStrike misconfigured a Windows security update, triggering a massive worldwide Internet outage.

Google Advanced Protection Program

Google Adds Passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program

Google today updated its Advanced Protection Program (APP) for Google accounts, giving high-risk users its…

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Need to Know: Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (Premium)

Most have never heard of Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (ESS), let alone experienced it.…

Kaspersky software

US Govermnent Bans Kaspersky Software Over Security Concerns

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it was banning sales of antivirus products from Russian…

Windows 11 security features

Microsoft Announces Major Security Push for Windows 11

Microsoft today unveiled a wide array of new security features and updates for Windows 11,…

Proton Pass

Proton Adds Account Monitoring to its Password Manager

Proton today announced that it is adding a suite of online account security protections to…

Microsoft Security

Microsoft Says it’s Making Security its “Top Priority”

Microsoft is making security its “top priority” as it's currently facing cyberattacks that are becoming…

Google passkey support

Google Touts Passkey Successes, Expands Account Protections

It's World Password Day, and Google is celebrating by expanding its support for passkeys and…

Create a passkey for your Microsoft account

Hands-On: Microsoft Account Passkey Support

If passkey support in your Microsoft account works correctly, you can seamlessly authenticate yourself when…

GitHub 2FA verification

GitHub Touts 2FA Adoption Success, Looks Ahead to Further Adoption

GitHub today revealed that its initiative to get users to enable one or more forms…

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