Security - Windows Phone Area http://www.windowsphonearea.com/tag/security/ News, articles, reviews, phones and apps Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:21:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Managed Service Providers Failing with Weak Password Requests https://www.windowsphonearea.com/managed-service-providers-failing-with-weak-password-requests/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/managed-service-providers-failing-with-weak-password-requests/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:21:38 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=11746 A managed service provider is the best of both worlds for many small-to-medium businesses. You’re still getting use of amazing software and programming that would normally cost your company a small fortune, but can be scaled up or down to ... Read More

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]]> https://www.windowsphonearea.com/managed-service-providers-failing-with-weak-password-requests/feed/ 0 Modern PC processors have a major design flaw, Microsoft rolls out an emergency fix https://www.windowsphonearea.com/modern-pc-processors-major-design-flaw-microsoft-rolls-emergency-fix/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/modern-pc-processors-major-design-flaw-microsoft-rolls-emergency-fix/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 07:28:00 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=10808 Kernel Memory Leak flaw affects processors from the last 10 years

Windows, Linux, MacOS, and other computer operating systems running on Intel or AMD chips could be exposed to a serious security threat as a major design flaw in the ... Read More

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]]> https://www.windowsphonearea.com/modern-pc-processors-major-design-flaw-microsoft-rolls-emergency-fix/feed/ 0 Windows 10 is secure against the serious KRACK Wi-Fi security flaw https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-secure-serious-krack-wi-fi-security-flaw/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-secure-serious-krack-wi-fi-security-flaw/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 05:48:59 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=10537 Microsoft patched the vulnerability in the October 2017 update

A serious WPA2 security flaw has been discovered, possibly putting billions of devices running Android, iOS, MacOS, Linux and Windows at risk of being attacked by hackers. Called KRACK or Key ... Read More

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]]> https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-secure-serious-krack-wi-fi-security-flaw/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Mobile for Insiders gets new enterprise features https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-mobile-15250-insiders-gets-new-enterprise-features/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-mobile-15250-insiders-gets-new-enterprise-features/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:07:13 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=10450 Mobile build 15250 available in the Fast Ring

The new build for Windows 10 Mobile from the ‘feature2’ branch has been released for users in the Windows Insider program, bringing two-factor authentication and two other enterprise-related improvements.

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]]> https://www.windowsphonearea.com/windows-10-mobile-15250-insiders-gets-new-enterprise-features/feed/ 0 What To Look For In A Windows Password Manager https://www.windowsphonearea.com/look-windows-password-manager/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/look-windows-password-manager/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:07:54 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=10364 Let’s be honest. Most of us have used the same password for years, and use it for multiple services. Until recently, I was still using a password from over ten years ago. That is, until I found out one of ... Read More

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]]> https://www.windowsphonearea.com/look-windows-password-manager/feed/ 0 How to set up Dynamic Lock on Windows 10 Creators Update https://www.windowsphonearea.com/how-to-set-dynamic-lock-windows-10-creators-update/ https://www.windowsphonearea.com/how-to-set-dynamic-lock-windows-10-creators-update/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.windowsphonearea.com/?p=9501  

Let Windows 10 automatically lock the PC

One of the new features in Windows 10 ‘Creators Update’, working on build 15031 or newer, is the Dynamic Lock. This is a security feature you can find in Settings → ... Read More

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