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Ethical hacker Alexander Hagenah has created TotalRecall, a tool that demonstrates how malicious individuals could abuse Windows' newly announced Recall feature to steal sensitive information. Copilot+ Recall takes snapshots of the computer's screen ever few seconds, encrypts and stores the snapshots locally, uses optical character recognition to extract relevant information that users may search for later, and and stores this data locally in an SQLite database, in plain text.
Microsoft has reopened the Windows 10 beta channel and is asking Insiders to join or switch to receive a new beta build in the coming weeks. The announcement comes three years after the last Windows 10 build was released for Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels.
Microsoft has officially deprecated NTLM authentication on Windows and Windows servers, stating that developers should transition to Kerberos or Negotiation authentication to prevent problems in the future. New Technology LAN Manager, better known as NTLM, is an authentication protocol first released in 1993 as part of Windows NT 3.1 and as the successor to the LAN Manager protocol.
Microsoft warned customers on Thursday that the May 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 11 is causing taskbar crashes and glitches. Today, one day after this cumulative update was rolled out, Redmond added a new known issue to the KB5037853 support document confirming that Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 users might experience taskbar issues.
Microsoft has released the May 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2, which includes 32 fixes and changes. Among this cumulative update's highlights, Microsoft mentions fixing an issue causing the Windows File Explorer to freeze when swiping from the screen edge after turning off edge swiping and a second bug fix that causes it to start with a two-minute delay after pining a folder on a network share to Quick Access.
Microsoft has released the optional KB5037849 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with nine fixes or changes. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Check for Updates.
A new Google Ads malvertising campaign, coinciding with the launch of the Arc web browser for Windows, was tricking people into downloading trojanized installers that infect them with malware payloads. The Arc browser is a new web browser featuring an innovative user interface design that sets it apart from traditional browsers.
Microsoft says the Cortana, Tips, and WordPad applications will be automatically removed on systems upgraded to the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 release. In September, Microsoft announced that it would deprecate WordPad-automatically installed on Windows systems for 28 years, since 1995, and an optional Windows feature since the Windows 10 Insider Build 19551 release in February 2020-with a future Windows update.
Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing...