Crates, cargo-wdk, and kernel hooks show progress, but hurdles remain Developers keen to write Windows drivers in Rust now ...

Microsoft announced last week that starting with Windows 10, version 1607, the operating system will refuse to load any new kernel mode drivers that are not signed by the Windows Hardware Developer ...

Details have been disclosed on a Windows kernel-mode driver privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched Tuesday by Microsoft. The vulnerabilities addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday ...

Programming Windows drivers in Rust – Microsoft takes stock and presents a special repository with Rust tools.

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, ...

At the DEF CON 27 security conference today in Las Vegas, security researchers from Eclypsium gave a talk about common design flaws they found in more than 40 kernel drivers from 20 different hardware ...

“wsl --update”: Microsoft provides a command (when run in an elevated PowerShell or Command Prompt) that can fetch newer ...

The RobbinHood ransomware is using a deprecated Gigabyte driver as the tip of the spear for taking out antivirus products. The operators behind the RobbinHood ransomware are using a vulnerable, legacy ...

Over the past 15 years, Microsoft has made huge progress fortifying the Windows kernel, the core of the OS that hackers must control to successfully take control of a computer. A cornerstone of that ...

Microsoft has outlined why its new breed of Secured-core PCs, such as the Surface Pro X, are equipped to fight off ransomware and other malware that attack vulnerable hardware drivers to compromise a ...