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Windows 10 release 2004 is out, with a slew of new features. In Windows 10 1903, it launched the Windows Sandbox, which is a lightweight desktop environment that isolates anything you run in it and wipes all its files when you close it down.
With a new fuzzing tool created specifically for testing the security of USB drivers, researchers have discovered more than two dozen vulnerabilities in a variety of operating systems. "USBFuzz discovered a total of 26 new bugs, including 16 memory bugs of high security impact in various Linux subsystems, one bug in FreeBSD, three in macOS, and four in Windows 8 and Windows 10, and one bug in the Linux USB host controller driver and another one in a USB camera driver," Hui Peng and Mathias Payer explained.
Microsoft has blocked a Trend Micro driver from running on Windows 10 - and Trend has withdrawn downloads of its rootkit detector that uses the driver - after the code appeared to game Redmond's QA tests. We note that while the driver appears in other Trend Micro products, they may not necessarily be using the now-blocked driver, or may have received a suitable hot fix, and thus will continue working on Windows 10 20H1. Trend Micro has ignored our repeated requests for an explanation as to why its software altered its operation specifically while under test, though it insisted "At no time was the Trend Micro team avoiding certification requirements." A spokesperson for Trend was not available for immediate comment on the move to block the driver on Windows 10.
Microsoft has blocked a Trend Micro driver from running on Windows 10 - and Trend has withdrawn downloads of its rootkit detector that uses the driver - after the code appeared to game Redmond's QA tests. We note that while the driver appears in other Trend Micro products, they may not necessarily be using the now-blocked driver, or may have received a suitable hot fix, and thus will continue working on Windows 10 20H1. Trend Micro has ignored our repeated requests for an explanation as to why its software altered its operation specifically while under test, though it insisted "At no time was the Trend Micro team avoiding certification requirements." A spokesperson for Trend was not available for immediate comment on the move to block the driver on Windows 10.
Microsoft has blocked a Trend Micro driver from running on Windows 10 - and Trend has withdrawn downloads of its rootkit detector that uses the driver - after the code appeared to game Redmond's QA tests. We note that while the driver appears in other Trend Micro products, they may not necessarily be using the now-blocked driver, or may have received a suitable hot fix, and thus will continue working on Windows 10 20H1. Trend Micro has ignored our repeated requests for an explanation as to why its software altered its operation specifically while under test, though it insisted "At no time was the Trend Micro team avoiding certification requirements." A spokesperson for Trend was not available for immediate comment on the move to block the driver on Windows 10.
Microsoft has blocked a Trend Micro driver from running on Windows 10 - and Trend has withdrawn downloads of its rootkit detector that uses the driver - after the code appeared to game Redmond's QA tests. We note that while the driver appears in other Trend Micro products, they may not necessarily be using the now-blocked driver, or may have received a suitable hot fix, and thus will continue working on Windows 10 20H1. Trend Micro has ignored our repeated requests for an explanation as to why its software altered its operation specifically while under test, though it insisted "At no time was the Trend Micro team avoiding certification requirements." A spokesperson for Trend was not available for immediate comment on the move to block the driver on Windows 10.
A new version of the Sarwent malware can open the Remote Desktop Protocol port on target Windows computers to make sure that crooks can find their way back into the system through the backdoor. Create a new Windows user account, enable the RDP service for it, and make changes to the Windows firewall so that RDP access to the infected machine is allowed.
In January 2020, Microsoft officially ended its extended support and discontinued patching of Windows 7. Despite the long lead time and repeated reminders, numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic have shown a slight uptick in Windows 7 deployments.
Security researchers working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative have published information on five unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, including four considered high risk. Tracked as CVE-2020-0916, CVE-2020-0986, and CVE-2020-0915, and featuring a CVSS score of 7.0, the first three of these zero-day vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system.
Learn to secure multiple documents by encrypting compressed files on various OSes using a password. When considering how to share data efficiently, cloud storage has a leg up on hardware by making it easy to share files and folders with users across the globe with a few clicks.