Microsoft discontinues RDCMan app following security bugMicrosoft recommends using the Windows in-box remote desktop client (MSTSC) instead.March 12, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OSThe Windows XP source code that leaked last week is incomplete, lacking some components, but is authentic.September 30, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft to apply California's privacy law for all US usersMicrosoft's chief privacy officer promises to apply the CCPA to all US users, not just Californians.November 11, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft demos ElectionGuard technology for securing electronic voting machinesNew ElectionGuard SDK to be open-sourced on GitHub; provided for free to voting machine vendors.July 17, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft to deploy ElectionGuard voting software in first real-world testResidents in Fulton, Wisconsin will elect representatives for the Wisconsin Supreme Court via voting machines running Microsoft's ElectionGuard voting software.February 17, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft cloud services see global authentication outageOffice 365, Dynamics 365, Azure Government Cloud impacted by authentication issue.January 29, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft open-sources in-house library for handling QUIC connectionsMicrosoft says MsQuic will soon be part of most of its products, like Windows, .NET, Microsoft 365, and others.April 29, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft working on porting Sysinternals to LinuxMicrosoft engineers have already ported the ProcDump utility and are currently working on porting ProcMon as well. More tools to follow.November 5, 2018 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft to pay $25m to DOJ and SEC in Hungary bribery and kickback caseMicrosoft to pay $8,751,795 to the DOJ, and $16,565,151 to the SEC.July 22, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft
Microsoft pauses Edge releases amid coronavirus outbreakMicrosoft follows in Google's footsteps, who similarly paused Chrome updates earlier this week.March 21, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft