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Microsoft beefs up Windows security with new recovery and patching features
Microsoft is introducing a number changes to Windows aimed at making the operating system more robust to hacking attempts.
Evidently unwilling to take chances (or risk further hits to its credibility), the company on Tuesday, during Microsoft Ignite 2024, shared how it’s making changes to Windows to prevent similar incidents. Hot-patching involves downloading updates in the background and applying them immediately, eliminating the need for a device restart (and making users less likely to postpone them). Microsoft is under intense scrutiny not only over its handling of the CrowdStrike incident, it’s also under pressure for failing to to stop hackers with links to China and Russia breach of its internal systems.
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