Today is Patch Tuesday and if you have Windows 7 or 8.1, you need to make sure you get one particular update. A new security feature called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is now available to those users. This security protocol protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and is being delivered to users of older version of Windows through an update in the form of KB 3058515. What’s important about this is that this was a feature that was only available to those running the Windows 10 preview in the Microsoft Edge Browser, but it’s now been back ported to users of older Microsoft OSes. That’s outstanding and I applaud Microsoft for doing that. At least they take care of users of older products, unlike a certain fruit themed company that doesn’t treat users of older products nearly as well.
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Microsoft Protects Windows 7 & 8.1 Users From Man In The Middle Attacks
Today is Patch Tuesday and if you have Windows 7 or 8.1, you need to make sure you get one particular update. A new security feature called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is now available to those users. This security protocol protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and is being delivered to users of older version of Windows through an update in the form of KB 3058515. What’s important about this is that this was a feature that was only available to those running the Windows 10 preview in the Microsoft Edge Browser, but it’s now been back ported to users of older Microsoft OSes. That’s outstanding and I applaud Microsoft for doing that. At least they take care of users of older products, unlike a certain fruit themed company that doesn’t treat users of older products nearly as well.
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