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Updating your Linux kernel sounds scary, but here's why it's no different from a Windows update

The idea of updating your Linux kernel can sound intimidating, especially if you're new to the ecosystem or if your experience with Linux is limited to occasional tinkering. After all, the kernel is ...
CSOonline

Microsoft shifts focus to kernel-level security after CrowdStrike incident

The CrowdStrike incident that affected more than 8.5 million Windows PCs worldwide and forced users to face the “Blue Screen of Death,” made Microsoft sit down and revisit the resilience of its ...
PC World

How to easily update Windows Subsystem for Linux 2’s kernel

There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) ...
GIGAZINE

Wine 11 significantly improves speed by rewriting how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level.

Wine, a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux, now officially supports the NTSYNC driver, which improves performance. XDA, a technology media outlet, has shared details of this ...
CRN

Upcoming Microsoft Security, Resilience Updates Includes Ability To Run Services Outside Windows Kernel

‘We’ve heard the feedback loud and clear,’ David Weston, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of enterprise and OS security, said. Microsoft will release a series of security and resilience services ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 22H2 adds kernel exploit protection to security baseline

Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 11, version 22H2, downloadable today using the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. "This release ...