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 ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

Just over a week after the botched CrowdStrike update caused millions of Windows-based machines to crash, Microsoft has published its analysis of the outage. Just over a week after the botched ...

Kernel level access was discussed at the Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, a meeting between Microsoft, government officials and cybersecurity companies on Sept. 10. It’s been nearly two ...

Kernel Mode Linux (KML) is a technology that enables the execution of user processes in kernel mode. I described the basic concept and the implementation techniques of KML on IA-32 architecture in my ...

When was Microsoft Windows great? Was it ever great? That will depend on your experience and age. The oldest version of Windows I tried was version 3.11. It wasn't great. Windows 7 was decent. I ...

Earlier this week, we covered progress integrating an implementation of the WireGuard VPN protocol into the FreeBSD kernel. Two days later, there's an update—kernel-mode WireGuard has been moved out ...