Microsoft's Smart App Control used to be pointless, but it's about to become a lot more usable. Here's what's changing.

Microsoft has updated Smart App Control in Windows 11 so the feature can be toggled on or off without requiring a clean ...

One of the more interesting security features to be introduced in Windows 11 22H2 is Smart App Control. As the name implies, Smart App Control is a tool that is designed to keep dangerous apps (such ...

Using code signing along with AI, our new Smart App Control only allows processes to run that are predicted to be safe based on either code certificates or an AI model for application trust within the ...

Windows 11’s big “22H2” update, now known as the Windows 11 2022 Update, officially begins shipping today, omitting one feature we expected (tabbed File Explorer) and including a feature we didn’t ...

The latest Windows Server 2025 Insider preview build 26304 has been released. It adds the new Windows Defender Application Control for business. Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server build ...

Microsoft plans Windows 11 “secure by default” mode with signed apps only and Android-style permissions for files, camera, ...

Microsoft announces significantly stricter security measures for Windows – which are at least questionable to ...

Note: This is an early peek at a chapter from my next book, De-Enshittify Windows 11. This book will be available for ...