Surface Pro 4 batteries and TypeCovers are dropping like flies

Many Surface Pro 4 customers are angry as hell. Not only are their screens getting the…

Hold your breath, avoid the snake oil, and get Windows updated

January 2018 was a month that will go down in patching infamy. Looking back on my…

Perfect end to a perfect month: Yet another Win10 1709 cumulative update, KB 4058258

Microsoft told us three weeks ago that Win10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709, was ready for…

Multiple vulnerabilities in 7-Zip. Get it updated now!

Late last year, landave, a self-described “Computer Science student enjoying cryptography, reverse engineering, and other information…

KBNew: Look behind the scenes at Microsoft’s changing KB articles

If you’ve been playing the cat-and-mouse Microsoft patching game for a while, you know that Microsoft…

Windows surprise patch KB 4078130: The hard way to disable Spectre 2

As we crawl deeper down the Meltdown/Spectre bunny hole, Microsoft released on Friday night a weird,…

Microsoft Patch Alert: Lots of lingering problems in a very messy month

On the heels of a relatively benevolent December Patch Tuesday, the stream of patches pouring out…

Let the BIOS/UEFI firmware recall begin!

With Intel announcing a massive “Oops! Belay that order!” mea culpa earlier this week for its…