ISSUE 23.44.1 • 2026-11-05 By Susan Bradley There’s a lot happening this month. October represented the end of the support window for Consumer and Pro versions of Windows 11 24H2. If you are still on either of those editions, you’ll need to make sure that you use the 25H2 enablement links to upgrade. But do […]

ISSUE 23.43.1 • 2026-10-27 By Susan Bradley Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to install. This month I’m seeing side effects, but ones that predominantly impact business patchers, not consumers. Accordingly, I’ve lowered the MS-DEFCON level to 4. Install updates at this time. I’d lower the MS-DEFCON to a rare level 5, were it not for […]

ISSUE 23.40.1 • 2026-10-09 By Susan Bradley Will October be better? It’s pumpkin spice season at the coffee shops, and there are pumpkins and Halloween decorations galore. But where I live, you wouldn’t know it. We are having our last gasp of heat, and summer will just not let go. I’m looking at the weather […]

ISSUE 23.38.1 • 2026-09-22 By Susan Bradley What. A. Mess. Remember that scene at the end of the second Die Hard movie? You know — the one where terrorists have taken over the air-traffic control system, there’s a swirling winter storm, the circling planes are all running out of fuel, and our hero is just […]

ISSUE 23.35.2 • 2026-09-03 By Susan Bradley Clouds can break, and previews are betas. With the move to the cloud, too often we inadvertently become beta testers. Just the other day, Microsoft 365 had authentication issues and was down for some users for most of the day. Microsoft kept us informed on the admin console […]

ISSUE 23.34.1 • 2026-08-25 By Susan Bradley I am lowering the MS-DEFCON level, but only to 3. August updates have proven themselves to be less than clean. Generally speaking, none of the issues is widespread. They depend upon whether you have specific hardware or are using specific software. And some problems have been reported only […]

ISSUE 23.31.1 • 2026-08-06 By Susan Bradley The upcoming August updates include several promised fixes for Windows Search. The August updates will include several fixes, a few of which specifically target Search. I anticipate that the August updates will also bring a bumper crop of other vulnerabilities being patched, so I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level […]

ISSUE 23.30.1 • 2026-07-28 By Susan Bradley • Comment about this alert Today, I want to tell you that I’m less worried about the side effects of this month’s security updates from Windows, Apple, and Linux distros. I’m more concerned about security in the AI industry in general. July saw the first side effects of […]

ISSUE 23.27.1 • 2026-07-09 By Susan Bradley As a result of researchers’ using AI to do more in-depth code reviews of operating systems and applications, expect to see more security updates and more vulnerability counts. As Apple indicated to Reuters, the recent release of Apple security updates was done in an accelerated fashion because “… […]

Mike Felch // Meet ‘The Box’ Bomb For the last few years at the security conference DEF CON in Las Vegas, the Tamper Resistant Village has hosted a challenging contest called […]

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