The operating system mode. Processors operate either in kernel mode or "user mode." Also called "supervisor mode," the kernel mode enables the OS (kernel) to execute "privileged instructions," which ...

Windows 11 is raising the security and resiliency bar when it comes to driver signing, and is trying to move peripheral ...

Microsoft is changing how Windows drivers are built and signed by extending its driver resiliency playbook beyond antivirus ...

Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

Microsoft plans to improve the security of Windows drivers. Windows interfaces are intended to reduce kernel drivers.

I think I recall seeing somewhere that file and print sharing in NT is handled in kernel mode, not user. If not, thanks and you can probably stop reading here. <P>If yes (and I'm assuming yes since ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Details have been disclosed on a Windows kernel-mode driver privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched Tuesday by Microsoft. The vulnerabilities addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday ...

Earlier this week, we covered progress integrating an implementation of the WireGuard VPN protocol into the FreeBSD kernel. Two days later, there's an update—kernel-mode WireGuard has been moved out ...