A mini-CrowdStrike moment? Windows 11 update cripples dev environments

A critical October patch has disrupted many development environments in Windows 11, forcing companies to roll back updates ...

Windows 11 wrecks localhost functionality with latest cumulative update

The recent KB5066835 update for Windows 11 broke the operating system's localhost interface, prompting affected users and developers to uninstall the patch in an attempt to ...

Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround

The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys, the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP ...

I abandoned Google for a search tool that doesn't track me or push AI - and it gets better

ZDNET key takeaways If you want to abandon Google, you can install your own search engine.YaCy is a free, decentralized search engine that can be installed locally.YaCy can be installed on Linux, ...
Security Boulevard

Roll your own bot detection: server-side detection (part 2)

This is the second part of our series on building a lightweight, vendor-free anti-bot system to protect your login ...

Windows 11 KB5066835 and KB5066793 updates released

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5066835 and KB5066793 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...