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 ...

Here’s a metaphor for the future of Windows security: Microsoft and the industry are two acrobats on a tightrope with no net. The trick is to meet in the middle, shake hands and maneuver around each ...

The way Microsoft is protecting the operating system kernel in the upcoming 64-bit version of Windows Vista continues to be a sore spot with some security vendors who claim it impairs the ...

Microsoft today released draft application programming interfaces designed to give independent security vendors a way to get around a kernel patch protection technology in the 64-bit version of ...

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 ...

This Halloween, many bloggers are painting Microsoft as the boogeyman because of the PatchGuard feature it's putting in Windows Vista. But the screaming isn't all about whether the feature will allow ...

Microsoft has come under fire for quietly releasing a fix to its PatchGuard kernel-protection software in order to improve the performance of its Virtual Server 2005 product. PatchGuard is a ...

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 ...