EPISODE · Oct 22, 2019 · 7 MIN
Microsoft's New Plan to Defend the Code Deep Within PCs
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
There are lots of ways to hack a PC. You can exploit software vulnerabilities. You can put malware on a USB drive and drop it in a parking lot for some unsuspecting office worker to pick up and plug in. Or you can turn an operating system's features against itself, strategically manipulating them to gain control. But an expanding threat now has Microsoft rethinking some of its most foundational PC defenses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Microsoft's New Plan to Defend the Code Deep Within PCs
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