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Microsoft fixes "Local Security Authority protection is off" Windows 11 Defender issue

April 26, 2023

Microsoft has confirmed it has fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.

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Source: neowin.net

Microsoft may have fixed LSA bug with kernel-mode hardware stack protection in Windows 11

April 18, 2023

Microsoft may have quietly fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.

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Source: neowin.net

Control-flow integrity

December 20, 2022

Control-flow integrity (CFI) refers to techniques which prevent control-flow hijacking attacks. This article describes some compiler/hardware features with a focus on llvm-project implementations. CFI

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Source: maskray.me