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467 articles falling

Windows has appeared in 467 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2024Q3 with 23 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, Mac, Apple, Android.

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BitLocker's Quiet Surrender: The Decade-Long Architecture of Encryption Theater
Microsoft's admission that it hands encryption keys to the FBI isn't a scandal—it's the logical endpoint of design choices made a decade ago

Coverage Timeline

2025-11-20
Ars Technica 2 related

Microsoft warns that Copilot Actions in Windows, now in beta and off by default, can infect devices and pilfer data, prompting concern from security researchers

Microsoft's warning on Tuesday that an experimental AI agent integrated into Windows can infect devices and pilfer sensitive user data …

2025-05-22
Ars Technica 21 related

Signal says its desktop app will block Windows from taking screenshots of it by default due to Recall's privacy risks; users can enable screenshots in settings

Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall …

2025-04-28
The Citizen Lab 1 related

In March 2025, World Uyghur Congress members were targeted with a spearphishing campaign via Windows malware in a legitimate Uyghur language word processor

Key Findings  — In March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile were targeted …

2024-11-29
BleepingComputer 12 related

ESET researchers find the first UEFI bootkit designed specifically to target Linux systems, marking a shift in bootkits that previously focused on Windows

Article then proceeds to describe a toy GRUB wrapper bootkit that has nothing to do with UEFI firmware (other than running on UEFI systems like any other UEFI bootloader), does not persist in UEFI fir...

2024-09-28
TechCrunch 2 related

Kaspersky confirms that it has replaced the antivirus software on its US customers' computers with software called UltraAV, owned by American company Pango

Spokesperson said it was to “ensure” users protection.  It's worth noting that when users uninstall a third-party antivirus on Windows, Microsoft Defender automatically turns on. …

2024-08-08
Wired 19 related

A researcher details a Windows Update vulnerability that could be exploited to downgrade key components of Windows to older versions that contain known flaws

A researcher found a vulnerability that would let hackers strategically downgrade a target's Windows version to reexpose patched vulnerabilities.

2024-08-07
CNBC 28 related

Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused “help”

says airline refused help following CrowdStrike outage, and even ignored an email from Satya Nadella himself Jak Connor / TweakTown : Microsoft responds to Delta's threats over $500 million CrowdStrik...

2024-07-29
Microsoft Security Blog 9 related

Microsoft shares a technical overview of the CrowdStrike incident, explains why security products use Windows kernel drivers, and outlines planned improvements

Windows is an open and flexible platform used by many of the world's top businesses for high availability use cases where security and availability are non-negotiable.

2024-07-28
Microsoft Security Blog 1 related

Microsoft provides a technical overview of the CrowdStrike incident, explains why security products use Windows kernel drivers, and outlines future improvements

Windows is an open and flexible platform used by many of the world's top businesses for high availability use cases where security and availability are non-negotiable.

2024-07-22
Washington Post 8 related

One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows breaking global systems resurfaces concerns about Microsoft's monopoly in government and enterprise IT systems

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Windows has appeared in 1,542 Techmeme articles since December 2014, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike,... and Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than.... Frequently covered alongside Microsoft, Windows 10, Android, Windows 11, and Tom Warren. Coverage has shifted toward developer, safety themes and away from enterprise, consumer.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety +5pts; developer +6pts; consumer +9pts
2024Q3enterprise +17pts; developer -15pts; consumer -19pts
2024Q4enterprise -24pts; consumer +12pts; research +11pts

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