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Microsoft launches Identity Bounty program

2018-07-18 KENNETH 0

Microsoft launches Identity Bounty program Modern security depends today on collaborative communication of identities and identity data within and across domains.  A customer’s digital identity is often the key to accessing services and interacting across the internet.  Microsoft has invested heavily in the security and privacy of both our consumer (Microsoft Account) and enterprise (Azure Active Directory) identity solutions.  We have strongly invested in the creation, implementation, and improvement of identity-related specifications that foster strong authentication, secure sign-on, sessions, API security, and other critical infrastructure tasks, as part of the community of standards experts within official standards bodies such as IETF, W3C, or the OpenID Foundation.  In recognition of that strong commitment to our customer’s security we are launching the Microsoft Identity Bounty Program. The Microsoft Identity Bounty Program places a premium on security research into this critical technology that [ more… ]

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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17713 available now!

2018-07-18 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17713 available now! Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17713 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17713 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum. For new developer feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice. Things to note: This build works in conjunction with previously released SDKs and Visual Studio 2017. You can install this SDK and still also continue to submit your apps that target Windows 10 build 1803 or earlier to the Store. The Windows SDK will now formally only be supported by Visual Studio 2017 and greater. You can download [ more… ]

Announcing Windows Admin Center Preview 1807

2018-07-18 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows Admin Center Preview 1807 Hello Windows Insiders! Thank you for your continued interest in the Windows Admin Center insider preview! If you are new to the preview, check out last month’s post Announcing Windows Admin Center Insider Preview 1806 to learn the difference between GA and Preview versions, and review all the new features in the 1806 preview. Release Summary July’s release brings a new streamlined experience to connect your gateway to Azure, as well as a top customer request: The Virtual machine inventory page now supports multi-select so that you can perform actions on multiple VMs at once! Completely new functionality in this release consists of new file sharing functionality in the files tool, and Azure update management integration in the updates tool. These new features are described in detail below. New Functionality File Sharing You can [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17713

2018-07-18 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17713 Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release in English. In addition, the first preview of Microsoft Hyper-V Server is included with this build. In each preview release, there are two major areas that we would like you to try out: In-place OS Upgrade (from Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 or a previous preview build). Build-to-Build upgrade is also supported. Application compatibility – please let us know if any server roles or applications stops working or fails to function as it used to. Please report any issues you [ more… ]

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RHSA-2018:2216-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

2018-07-18 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2018:2216-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2018-3639 Source: RHSA-2018:2216-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update