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Trend: Ransomware Hidden in NSIS Installers Harder to Detect
Ransomware operators have changed tactics again, making the job of security vendors harder once more, as they switched to a new method of packing their malware inside NSIS installers.
- March 16, 2017
- 05:15 AM
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Third-Party Vendor Issues Temporary Patch for Windows GDI Vulnerability
A vulnerability discovered by Google Project Zero security researchers and left without a patch by Microsoft received a temporary fix from third-party security vendor ACROS Security.
- March 04, 2017
- 08:45 AM
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Upcoming Windows 10 Feature Lets Users Block Installation of Win32 Apps
Starting with Windows 10 build number 15042, Microsoft will allow administrators to block the installation of Win32 applications on their computer.
- February 27, 2017
- 04:40 AM
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Google Goes Public with Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability
Google has gone public with details of a second unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft products, this time in Edge and Internet Explorer, after last week they've published details about a bug in the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface) component.
- February 24, 2017
- 07:55 PM
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Removing User Admin Rights Mitigates 94% of All Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Just by preventing access to admin accounts, a system administrator could safeguard all the computers under his watch and prevent attackers from exploiting 94% of all the critical vulnerabilities Microsoft patched during the past year.
- February 24, 2017
- 11:00 AM
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EU Unimpressed with Upcoming Windows 10 Privacy Controls
EU's main privacy watchdog has expressed displeasure with Microsoft's new privacy controls that the company announced last month and plans to ship with Windows 10 Creators Update, scheduled for launch later in April.
- February 23, 2017
- 03:17 PM
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Microsoft Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Today Microsoft released the MS17-005 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (4010250), which patches a remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This update resolves the same vulnerabilities patched by Adobe on February 14th in their APSB17-04 update.
- February 21, 2017
- 08:02 PM
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Unstoppable JavaScript Attack Helps Ad Fraud, Tech Support Scams, 0-Day Attacks
Argentinian security expert Manuel Caballero has published new research that shows how a website owner could show a constant stream of popups, even after the user has left his site, or even worse, execute his very own persistent JavaScript code while the user is on other domains.
- February 21, 2017
- 11:36 AM
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Google, Bing Sign Anti-Piracy Deal That Will Demote Torrents in Search Results
Under the coordination of the UK government, rights holders and today's top two search engines have reached and signed an agreement that will demote piracy-related links in search results.
- February 21, 2017
- 05:03 AM
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After Microsoft Delayed Patch Tuesday, Google Discloses Windows Bug
For the second time in three months, Google engineers have disclosed a bug in the Windows OS without Microsoft having released a fix before Google's announcement.
- February 18, 2017
- 11:20 AM
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Microsoft Exec Calls for a Geneva Convention for Cyber-Weapons
Brad Smith, Chief Legal Officer at Microsoft, has called on the world's nations to come together and sign a pact that regulates the use and proliferation of cyber-weapons, similar to the Geneva Convention signed in 1949.
- February 16, 2017
- 06:45 AM
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Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday Moved to March 14
After Microsoft said on Tuesday that it was postponing its February Patch Tuesday indefinitely, the company issued a new statement today, announcing that February's patches will arrive on March 14, next month.
- February 16, 2017
- 02:51 AM
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Microsoft Delays February 2017 Security Updates Due to "Last Minute Issue"
In a short announcement posted on its blog today, Microsoft announced it was delaying today's Patch Tuesday security updates indefinitely until its engineers address a last minute issue the company expected to cause problems for customers, if deployed today.
- February 14, 2017
- 03:10 PM
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Windows 10 Mobile Bug Exposes Personal Photos on Locked Devices
A Brazilian man named Wallace Da Paula has discovered a bug in Windows 10 Mobile OS that lets anyone with access to your phone bypass your lockscreen passcode and access the device's image gallery.
- February 14, 2017
- 08:07 AM
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Microsoft Employees Explain Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006
Have you ever noticed that all Windows built-in drivers have the same value in the last update field? Have you wondered why? If you read Windows update logs, it's pretty obvious that Microsoft updates its drivers, so why isn't that date changing?
- February 10, 2017
- 01:55 PM
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ISO File and Screenshots Leak Online Revealing Microsoft's New Windows Cloud OS
Earlier today, a Twitter user shared a link to a website hosting the ISO file for Microsoft's upcoming operating system called Windows Cloud. The downloaded ISO is 4.23GB, and the installation routine won't work for everyone, as the OS isn't optimized for all hardware combinations.
- February 04, 2017
- 05:25 PM
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Some Windows 10 Devices Still Exposed to DMA Attacks That Can Steal BitLocker Keys
An upcoming Windows 10 Insiders Build version will include a patch that will improve the protection against DMA attacks that could allow attackers to extract BitLocker encryption keys and other sensitive information from Windows 10 and 8.1 PCs.
- February 02, 2017
- 12:31 PM
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Former Mozilla Engineer: Disable Your Antivirus Software, Except Microsoft's
"Antivirus software vendors are terrible; don't buy antivirus software, and uninstall it if you already have it (except for Microsoft's)." This is how Robert "Roc" O'Callahan, a former Mozilla bigwig engineer started a blog post today, in which he details a long list of issues that antivirus software have caused to browser vendors.
- January 26, 2017
- 06:40 AM
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Microsoft Reveals Windows Defender Security Center Scheduled for Creators Update
The Windows 10 Creators Update scheduled for launch later this year will include an upgrade of the default Windows Defender antivirus, which will feature a new settings panel named the Windows Defender Security Center.
- January 23, 2017
- 05:43 PM
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Microsoft's January 2017 Patch Tuesday Comes with 4 Security Updates
Today, Microsoft released four security bulletins as part of its monthly security update train known as "Patch Tuesday." This month, two of the four Microsoft security bulletins are rated as critical, the highest severity rating a bulletin can receive.
- January 10, 2017
- 07:52 PM
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