Beginning in October 2026, Windows quality updates start enabling memory integrity protection on eligible devices with little or no additional configuration. On machines where Virtualization-based Security is not already running, those same updates enable VBS too. Memory integrity is the layer that allows only trusted kernel-mode code and drivers to run, which is how it stops an attacker who is trying to compromise the Windows kernel and take control of core operating system functions. The … More →

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