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August Patch Tuesday includes blasts from the (recent) past
Microsoft haul this month covers 109 CVEs… more or less
Microsoft Pulled The Newest Windows 10 Update Over A Privacy-Related Bug
Not long after its initial release, the November update for Windows 10, version 1511, was mysteriously pulled from both the system update software and …
It’s Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital
In the fall of 2013, Billy Rios flew from his home in California to Rochester, Minn., for an assignment at the Mayo Clinic, the …
Microsoft improves security for Azure SQL Database
Microsoft is giving database administrators working with Azure SQL Database a new suite of security tools to check out. A new Always Encrypted feature …
Microsoft doesn’t see Windows 10’s mandatory data collection as a privacy risk
In the run-up to the launch of Windows 10 earlier this year, users noticed that Microsoft’s operating system would be collecting more data on …
Apple, Microsoft wield privacy as marketing tool
Apple hasn’t changed its privacy policy in over a year — but on Tuesday morning the company updated its website with a fresh explanation …
Newly found TrueCrypt flaw allows full system compromise
Windows users who rely on TrueCrypt to encrypt their hard drives have a security problem: a researcher has discovered two serious flaws in the …
Microsoft will let business users opt out of Windows 10 tracking
There has been at least a low hum of concern around new features in Windows 10 that send information back to Microsoft. The company …
Microsoft headed to court to protect Irish data from US DOJ search
Microsoft is headed back to court this week in its long-standing effort to fight a U.S. Department of Justice search warrant seeking access to …
Microsoft slips user-tracking tools into Windows 7, 8 amidst Windows 10 privacy storm
Windows 10 is a deliciously good operating system, all things considered, but its abundant user-tracking has prompted many privacy-minded individuals to stay pat with …
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