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Microsoft is trying to reduce Windows 11's desktop spotlight clutter
2024-08-30 20:03

Windows 11's Spotlight feature is a pretty nice way to jazz up your desktop background with different wallpapers and fun facts when you hover over the image icon, but it takes up a lot of space....

Sinon: Open-source automatic generative burn-in for Windows deception hosts
2024-08-30 04:00

Sinon is an open-source, modular tool for the automatic burn-in of Windows-based deception hosts. It aims to reduce the difficulty of orchestrating deception hosts at scale while enabling...

Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom
2024-08-29 18:30

Sordid search history 'evidence' in case that could see him spend 35 years for extortion and wire fraud A former infrastructure engineer who allegedly locked IT department colleagues out of their...

Windows 10 KB5041582 update released with 5 changes and fixes
2024-08-29 17:37

​Microsoft has released the August 2024 preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2, with fixes for issues causing system freezes and memory leaks. [...]

Proof-of-concept code released for zero-click critical IPv6 Windows hole
2024-08-28 21:20

If you haven't deployed August's patches, get busy before others do Windows users who haven't yet installed the latest fixes to their operating systems will need to get a move on, as code now...

Employee arrested for locking Windows admins out of 254 servers in extortion plot
2024-08-28 21:19

A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey, was arrested after locking Windows admins out of 254 servers in a failed extortion plot...

PoorTry Windows driver evolves into a full-featured EDR wiper
2024-08-28 18:57

The malicious PoorTry kernel-mode Windows driver used by multiple ransomware gangs to turn off Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions has evolved into an EDR wiper, deleting files crucial...

APT group exploits WPS Office for Windows RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-7262)
2024-08-28 09:00

ESET researchers discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows (CVE-2024-7262). APT-C-60, a South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group, was exploiting it to target East...

Windows 11 KB5041587 update adds sharing to Android devices
2024-08-27 19:03

Microsoft has released the optional KB5041587 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which adds sharing to Android devices and fixes multiple File Explorer issues. [...]

Windows Downdate tool lets you 'unpatch' Windows systems
2024-08-27 17:20

SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev has released his Windows Downdate tool, which can be used for downgrade attacks that reintroduce old vulnerabilities in up-to-date Windows 10, Windows...