According to Hailey's upload on Codeberg, WSL9x runs the 6.19 Linux kernel cooperatively within Windows 9x, allowing users to interact with it just like they would a WSL instance in a modern Windows ...

As part of the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency takes its role in helping to protect the U.S. from hack attacks very seriously indeed. So, when it ...

Microsoft introduced a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Windows 10. Initially it allowed you to run command line Linux ...

Microsoft is closing a security gap that has been open for roughly twenty years. Starting with the April 2026 Windows update, the company will remove default trust for kernel drivers signed through ...

Microsoft is implementing a new Windows kernel trust policy starting April 2026 that will only allow WHCP-certified drivers by default, addressing years-old security vulnerabilities from cross-signed ...

In a statement responding to CRN’s interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten, CrowdStrike says that its July 19 update did not bypass Microsoft’s ‘clear kernel review process.’ CrowdStrike said ...

Hackers commonly bypass Microsoft Windows kernel protections to enable cheating in competitive online games, new research shows. Academics at the University of Birmingham performed a technical ...

‘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 ...

Forward-looking: The CrowdStrike incident has once again highlighted concerns about Windows security. Microsoft was adversely affected by the Texas company's poor update practices, but it prompted ...