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Brazilians are being warned of a new overlay malware targeting Windows users in order to siphon victims' financial data and drain their bank accounts. Vizom is similar to other overlay malware strains in that its attack vector is via malspam and phishing campaigns delivered to potential victims' inboxes.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday informed users about the availability of patches for two remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. Residing in Visual Studio Code and tracked as CVE-2020-17023, the second vulnerability can be triggered when the user opens a malicious 'package.
Just days after issuing fixes for scores of bugs in its products for this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has issued two more patches for security holes that can be exploited by maliciously crafted files to run malware on victims' computers. The first, CVE-2020-17023, is a Visual Studio issue that allows for remote code execution after getting the target to click on a specially crafted package.
GravityRAT, a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to detect virtual machines or sandboxes, is now multi-platform spyware as it can now also be used to infect Android and macOS devices. While the malware authors previously focused their efforts on targeting Windows machines, a sample discovered by Kaspersky researchers last year shows that they are now adding macOS and Android support.
Microsoft removed a Windows 10, version 2004 compatibility hold blocking devices with certain WWAN LTE modems from upgrading to the latest Windows version. A fix for the issue was made available with the release of the Windows 10 2004 KB4577063 non-security preview cumulative update.
The Emotet botnet has begun to use a new malicious attachment that pretends to be a message from Windows Update telling you to upgrade Microsoft Word. Emotet is a malware infection that spreads through spam emails containing malicious Word or Excel documents.
To install new cumulative updates, Windows 10 feature updates, or out-of-band updates, Windows users rely on the Windows Update feature to properly update their computer. The resolve these issues, the first thing you should do if the Windows 10 updates install fails is to try downloading the update manually from Microsoft Update Catalog.
If your PC games are lagging or running slow, you can free up resources in Windows 10 using a new XBOX Game Bar task manager that overlays on top of running games. This week, Microsoft has started to rollout XBOX Game Bar version 5.420.9252.0 to all Windows 10 users via the Microsoft Store.
Windows 10 comes with both the Control Panel and modern Settings, but the modern Settings app provides an unpolished experience with key features missing. God Mode lets you access all management features in one location and it's still better than the modern Windows 10 Settings.
The Windows 10 Calculator has been ported to Linux and can be installed from the Canonical Snap Store. In March 2019, Microsoft open-sourced the Windows 10 Calculator and invited other developers to contribute to its development.