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Fake browser updates are being used to push a previously undocumented Android malware called Brokewell. "Brokewell is a typical modern banking malware equipped with both data-stealing and...
Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. The company first announced that it was working on adding ads to the Windows 11 Start menu just 12 days ago when it began rolling out this feature to Insiders in the Beta Channel to help users discover "Great apps" available in the Microsoft Store. While it also said that it regularly tries "Out new experiences and concepts that may never get released with Windows Insiders to get feedback," Redmond has now turned on the Start menu ads for all customers who install the optional April 2024 non-security preview update.
A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners like XMRig through a long-standing threat...
Microsoft has released hotfix updates to address multiple known issues impacting Exchange servers after installing the March 2024 security updates.Although the April 2024 HU is optional, it also adds support for ECC certificates and Hybrid Modern Authentication for OWA/ECP. If you have installed the March 2024 SU and have not experienced any known issues fixed in the optional update and do not need the new features, you can wait for the next Exchange Server SU, which will also include these hotfixes.
North Korean hackers have been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to plant backdoors on big corporate networks and deliver cryptocurrency miners through GuptiMiner malware. Researchers describe GuptiMiner as "a highly sophisticated threat" that can perform DNS requests to the attacker's DNS servers, extract payloads from images, sign its payloads, and perform DLL sideloading.
Users of the CrushFTP enterprise file transfer software are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under targeted exploitation in the...
Apple on Wednesday revised its documentation pertaining to its mercenary spyware threat notification system to mention that it alerts users when they may have been individually targeted by such...
Microsoft has released the KB5036892 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2 with twenty-three changes and two new features. KB5036892 is a mandatory Windows 10 cumulative update containing Microsoft's April 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates.
Microsoft has released the KB5036893 cumulative update for Windows 11 23H3, which includes 29 changes and fixes and enables the Moment 5 features for every user. You can install the update now by going to Start > Settings > Windows Update and clicking on 'Check for Updates.
Microsoft says Windows 10 updates released since the start of the year are breaking Microsoft Connected Cache node discovery on enterprise networks. "After installing the January 2024 non-security update, released January 23, 2024, or later updates, some Windows devices which use the DHCP Option 235 for discovery of Microsoft Connected Cache nodes in their network might be unable to use the MCC nodes," Microsoft explains.