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This week’s launch of ReCore also marked the launch of Xbox Play Anywhere—a big day for Xbox gamers, everywhere. As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, ReCore (along with upcoming titles including Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3) is launching simultaneously on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, and so you can play on both platforms at no additional cost. Plus, you can pick up where you left off on another Xbox One or PC, bringing all your game saves, add-ons, and achievements with you. We realize that there are still some questions around this new program. How does Xbox Play Anywhere work? What are the benefits of buying an Xbox Play Anywhere game? What other titles will s…
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Using the same username across the web? That may have its drawbacks… Some scammers think the chances of the police ever catching them are low, but there's one thing they are afraid of: their mum. Security researcher Christian Haschek tells the story of how he tried to sell some Apple gift cards online that he won in a competition, but ended up handing over the gift card codes... and not receiving any money in return. Although the scammer tried to fade away, Haschek knew the usernames that the gift card robber had used on eBay and Reddit. That eBay nickname had also been used on a freelance job search site, providing his first name, the first letter of his …
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Back in June, we shared a look at Microsoft Edge’s industry-leading efficiency, which allows Microsoft Edge users to rely on more battery life than the other browsers we tested. With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we made a number of additional improvements to make Microsoft Edge last even longer, and today we’re rerunning our tests with the latest version of each tested browser to see how things match up. At the risk of giving away the ending, the results may look familiar! With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft Edge is more efficient than ever, and still the best choice for extending your battery life on Windows 10 – up to 24%-43% more efficient than t…
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The all new XPS, weighing in at less than three pounds, is available in a beautiful new rose-gold finish and the Inspiron laptops are available in a variety of colors ranging from sparkling white to midnight blue. These new PCs will be available beginning October 4, 2016. Dell XPS 13 laptop powered by Windows 10 Dell designed this fresh lineup of PCs to take full advantage of Windows 10 and the recent Windows 10 Anniversary Update to empower you to be productive on-the-go. With features like Cortana*, your personal digital assistant, Microsoft Edge, touchscreens that let you take full advantage of Windows Ink and infrared cameras that allow you to sign in to the…
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A few months ago at Build 2016, we announced the Desktop Bridge, which lets developers bring their existing desktop apps and games over to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). This allows the app or game to reach all Windows 10 devices over time, including phones, Xbox One and HoloLens. Today, we’re excited to welcome these new, rich, fully featured desktop apps to the Windows Store for Windows 10 customers running the Anniversary Update, including the popular notetaking app, Evernote! Here’s what’s been updated in the all-new Evernote app for Windows 10. “We’re excited to bring the full-featured Evernote app to the Windows Store. By using the Desktop Bridge to …
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user either visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted document. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if a user views specially crafted PDF content online or opens a specially crafted PDF document. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Microsoft Edge. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player when installed on all supported editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if Windows improperly allows web content to load from the Windows lock screen. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker successfully convinces a user of an affected system to visit a malicious or compromised website. Note that you must install two updates to be protected from the vulnerability discussed in this bulletin: The update in this bulletin, MS16-116, and the update in MS16-104. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in some Oracle Outside In libraries that are built into Exchange Server if an attacker sends an email with a specially crafted attachment to a vulnerable Exchange server. Continue reading...
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Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security TechNet Library. MSRC Team Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a compromised website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application. An attacker would have no way to force a user to visit a compromised website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince the user to visit the website, typically by enticing the user to click a link in either an email or instant message that takes the user to the attacker's website. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Click here to enter text. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker runs a specially crafted application on a target system. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker creates a specially crafted request and executes arbitrary code with elevated permissions on a target system. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure when Windows Secure Kernel Mode improperly handles objects in memory. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. On Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker sends specially crafted packets to an affected Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) Server. The vulnerability does not impact other SMB Server versions. Although later operating systems are affected, the potential impact is denial of service. Continue reading...
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Today we’re excited to announce that ReCore, the first Xbox Play Anywhere game, is available starting now on Xbox One and Windows 10 in North America, Latin America and most Asian countries. It launches in Japan on Sep. 15, and fans in Europe and other global regions will be able to join the fun on Sep. 16. From Keiji Inafune’s Comcept Inc., Armature Studio and Microsoft Studios, ReCore is an original action-adventure game that builds on our shared passion for classic games like MegaMan and Metroid with features such as a deep crafting system and a large world to explore. We hope you enjoy these characters’ many adventures on the planet ”Far Eden”, where dangers, mys…
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Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security TechNet Library. MSRC Team
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What is the best way to test some of the protection related features on your Windows system like SmartScreen Filter and Windows Defender? One option, which we do not recommend because it is frankly very reckless, would be to just start browsing for malicious sites and waiting for one of them to try and drop a suspicious file on your system or serve up a phishing/malware laced site in your browser that wants to grab your information or infect your system. No - we definitely do not recommend doing something like that. However, there is great value in understanding how detection tools like the SmartScreen Filter works in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer and push…
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A 14-year-old girl from Northern Ireland is suing Facebook after a naked photo was published on a “shame” page and repeatedly reposted. At a hearing in Belfast’s High Court, the girl’s attorney said that Facebook should have made blocking the image from being republished a “red-line” issue, the BBC reported on Thursday. Her barrister: A naked [14-year-old’s] picture was being put on a shame page. If [Facebook] had blocked it, all this subsequent publication of her naked image would not have taken place. Her lawyers claim that the picture was extorted from her and published over and over again online as a form of revenge. Facebook has claimed that it took t…
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Did you know that you have an action center that lets you monitor and interact with notifications and settings? And did you also know that it recently got an upgrade with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update? Here’s what’s new with the action center: You can find the action center by clicking the dialogue box at the bottom right corner of your screen, by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + A or by swiping left from the screen edge on touch devices. There you’ll see the new, fully customizable quick actions – settings you can change quickly, without going through the settings panel. The action center is also your one-stop shop for notifications to see …