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Despite the performance boost and optimizations, you can still be hit by VBS / HVCI even on the latest Windows 11 versions.
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Microsoft has published a detailed guidance post on how to deal with a recently uncovered security vulnerability that can downgrade almost all modern Windows 11/10/Server PCs with VBS.
Microsoft has published details and system requirements for a new Windows 11 security feature called VBS Enclaves which is meant to make third-party apps more secure on Windows 11 and Sever 2025.
Following a guide about Windows passkeys on how to enable, save and manage them, the company has now published a guide on how to enable Enhanced Sign-in Security for protecting biometrics.
Microsoft recently announced an interesting WIndows 11 24H2 feature that's both cool and controversial. Called Recall it is currently only officially supported on Qualcomm Snapdragon X.
Microsoft has issued a workaround for a bug that is triggering BSODs on startup fails on Windows Server 2022 virtual machines on VMware ESXi. It notes that EPYC systems with IOMMU, VBS are affected.
The source code for BlackLotus vulnerability leaked a few days ago, almost around the same time as Microsoft rolled out the second phase hardening of its secure boot flaw via Dynamic Windows updates.
Microsoft has released a useful tool for users so that they can check for compatibility issues with memory integrity or HVCI (hypervisor-protected code integrity), a key security feature in Windows.
Microsoft may have quietly fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.
Microsoft has published some helpful guidance against the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit vulnerability that can bypass Secure Boot, VBS, BitLocker, Windows Defender, and more to infect updated Windows PCs.
Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news about Microsoft handing out free USBs to Insiders, the integration of AI in even more Redmond products, and pirated Windows (!).
Microsoft is seemingly enabling VBS on Windows 10 as well, something which was limited to Windows 11 only previously. This could lead to potential performance loss as latest testing indicates.
BlackLotus, which is a bootkit, has been doing the rounds on the internet since last year. This bootkit is capable of bypassing Secure Boot, disabling BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and more.
Microsoft's recent gaming performance boost tips may be helping Intel in a bit of an unexpected way. Thanks to those disabled security features, Intel Arc is seeing a significant improvement.
Microsoft has issued a statement where it acknowledged that some features in Windows 11 cause performance downgrade while playing games. Fortunately, you can quickly turn off those features.
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VBS or Core Isolation feature on Windows 11 is seemingly causing multiple problems on various tweaking tools like MSI's Afterburner and Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU), among others.
The Windows 11 22H2 (Sun Valley 2) RTM build 22621 has resurrected an old bug whereupon a system gets a "hardware security not supported" message even on PCs that meet the necessary requirements.
After the recent leak of some Windows 11 features, we have today a fresh set of leaks that reveal more features like Taskbar overflow flyout, and a new reminder for users that run unsupported PCs.
MSI has begun rolling out a new AMD chipset driver version 3.10.22.706. The new driver, among many other things, fixes a hardware DRIPS issue related to Virtualization-based Security (VBS).
Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported.
After explaining why features like TPM 2.0, VBS, Secure Boot, among other things, are so important for user security on Windows 11, Microsoft also demoed mock hacker attacks on such vulnerable PCs.
Microsoft's David Weston has explained why some of the security-related features in Windows 11, like Virtualization-based Security, TPM 2.0, and more, are so crucial for the OS for now and beyond.
According to a report from 3DMark creator UL Benchmarks, Microsoft's VBS feature can incur a noticeable performance hit on Windows 11 PCs. Testing shows varying results between Beta and Dev builds.
A new phishing scam was seen targeting a US financial services provider, delivering an innocent-looking Word file. However, it contains malware that could leak sensitive data to cybercriminals.
