Microsoft has updated its 64-bit kernel protection for Windows Vista, which most of us know as PatchGuard, but which Microsoft calls Kernel Patch Protection. This is Microsoft’s third PatchGuard ...

The application programming interfaces are meant to give security software makers access to information heading into the Vista kernel so that they can create software similar to what they now write ...

Tuesday’s update to Windows Vista’s PatchGuard, a kernel-protection scheme designed to keep malicious or unproven code at arm’s length, had nothing to do with recent hacks of another Vista defense, ...

Microsoft quietly beefed up a key defensive feature of 64-bit Windows Vista Tuesday to better protect the operating system against hacks that have plagued it for weeks. The update to Vista’s Kernel ...

In an era where security threats continually evolve, protecting the heart of an operating system, the kernel, has never been more critical. One tool gaining traction in the Linux world is the Linux ...

Microsoft Corp. scheduled a meeting today with security vendors to discuss its plans to release application programming interfaces (API) that will allow third-party products to work around a kernel ...

Microsoft has released a first draft of programming interfaces meant to help security firms create products that work with kernel protection features in Windows Vista. The new application programming ...

“Microsoft strongly recommends that software vendors not attempt to bypass Kernal Patch Protection,” the spokesman stated. “This has the potential for de-stabilizing and crashing customer systems, ...

There are so many great things to look forward to in the new year, including the API spec from Microsoft for endpoint security vendors that want to develop compatible products for the 64-bit Vista ...

Linux kernel 3.17—part of the series codenamed “Shuffling Zombie Juror” (yes, really!)—is now out. This means great new features are coming to a Linux distribution near you, though the 3.17 kernel’s ...

Microsoft has updated its 64-bit kernel protection for Windows Vista, which most of us know as PatchGuard, but which Microsoft calls Kernel Patch Protection. This is Microsoft’s third PatchGuard ...