David Weston (DWIZZZLE)
@dwizzzleMSFT
Corporate Vice President, OS Security and Enterprise @Microsoft
Don't miss today's Defender Fridays session with David Weston (@dwizzzleMSFT), Corp Vice President of OS Security at Microsoft! David will be sharing his expertise on Defending AI on the Edge. He'll cover how we protect AI data and models on Windows devices outside of the data…
After a long and storied history, the BSOD is being replaced. WIRED takes a trip down memory lane to wave goodbye to the iconic screen we all love to hate. wired.com/story/so-long-…
Really great paper usenix.org/publications/l…
Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years 😲 Microsoft is saying hello to a redesigned black error message instead. Full details on the BSOD overhaul, below 👇 theverge.com/news/692648/mi…
Microsoft is starting to move antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel. Security vendors are about to test new Windows changes in a private preview that's designed to prevent another CrowdStrike incident. Full details and interview 👇 theverge.com/news/692637/mi…
Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years theverge.com/news/692648/mi…
Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel theverge.com/news/692637/mi…
My new blog covering user-mode EDR/AV platform and changes to Windows (including the death of the BSoD!!) blogs.windows.com/windowsexperie…
Someone filmed some bats upside down and it looks like a goth night club.
My wife coming back from Costco and displaying all the stuff she bought on our kitchen counter
👀 DPRK threat actors are now using deepfakes and fake Zoom links to socially engineer macOS users. Starts with a Telegram message. Ends with AppleScript. Targets crypto wallets. Macs don't get viruses? 📖 by @stuartjash & @birchb0y & Jonathan Semon huntress.com/blog/inside-bl…
The researchers leaked the kernel base address using the EntryBleed side-channel attack and then turned the UAF on the vsock_sock structure into a RIP control primitive to execute a ROP-chain.
1/ "In an exclusive development regarding China’s rapidly accelerating next-generation air combat programs, we have just gotten our first glimpse of a very large, low-observable, flying-wing, long-endurance unmanned aircraft." twz.com/air/massive-ch…
Firmware Binary Analysis in Azure is in public preview!! New blog on its capabilities and how to get access. Drag and drop your firmware to browser and find issues techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog/a…

The full video of my Upper Bound 2025 talk about our research directions should be available at some point, but here are my slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d… And here are the notes I made while preparing, which are more extensive than what I had time to say:…
Microsoft's Smart App Control complements Windows Defender, blocking malicious applications before they're even executed but might require a fresh reinstall of Windows. tomshardware.com/software/antiv…