Since May, a number of Surface Pro 3 owners have been dealing with surprisingly weak battery life for the two-year-old device. The problem hits some users so severely that their battery lasts only an hour or two after a full charge. Now, Microsoft says it thinks it can fix the issue.
Microsoft is very proud of their trendsetting security. From products and services to the devices themselves, the company is acknowledging that many of their customers would like to learn more about the fight for cyber security with a new Microsoft Secure Blog post.
Satya Nadella continues to spearhead the unique approach of Microsoft cyber solutions against threats. In fact, almost $1 billion is being spent each year in Research and Development for security.
Microsoft is consolidating its multi-factor authentication apps, offering both consumers and business users a unified, password-enhancing experience.
Researchers have crafted a stealthy new way of bypassing Windows User Account Controls (UAC) that opens the door to attacks on targeted systems. According researchers, the bypass technique can fly under the radar of security solutions that monitor for this type of circumvention.
The final build of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is build 14393. The update, which provides a range of new features and improvements, represents Microsoft's last big push to get Windows 7 and 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10.
Microsoft has patched a security vulnerability found in every supported version of Windows, which if exploited could allow an attacker to take over a system.
The software giant said in a bulletin posted Tuesday as part of its monthly release of security fixes that the the "critical" flaw could let an attacker remotely install malware, which can be used to modify or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.
The same bug that earned one researcher $50,000 from Microsoft also earned another researcher $100,000.
Tencent researcher Yang Yu, the finder of the so-called BadTunnel bug that Microsoft patched last month wasn’t the only one rewarded for reporting the issue. Moritz Jodeit, a researcher with German security firm, Blue Frost Security, picked up $100,000.
It's 2016, and Microsoft Office macros are still a viable infection vector: security outfit Avanan says it's spotted a week-long, large-scale malware attack against Office 365 users.
The campaign began on June 22, and Microsoft started blocking the malicious attachment on June 23.
Avanan says the attackers tried to send messages to 57 per cent of the organisations on its security platform using Office 365. Users were sent an Office document that invoked the malware via macros.
Microsoft officially confirmed on Monday that a slimmer version of its gaming machine Xbox One will be launched in August.
Dubbed the Xbox One S, the new console will be 40 percent smaller than the existing Xbox One. Microsoft claims this is the smallest gaming machine the company has ever produced.
Microsoft has published its own distribution of FreeBSD 10.3 in order to make the OS available and supported in Azure.
Jason Anderson, principal PM manager at Microsoft's Open Source Technology Center says Redmond says Redmond “took on the work of building, testing, releasing and maintaining the image” so it could “ensure our customers have an enterprise SLA for their FreeBSD VMs running in Azure”. Microsoft did so “to remove that burden” from the FreeBSD Foundation, which relies on community contributions.
