Security News

How to protect specific folders and files in Windows
2019-12-27 12:30

Learn how to hide or encrypt specific files in Windows in order to better protect them.

Week in review: Worst passwords of 2019, the end of Windows 7, 2020 cybersecurity trends
2019-12-22 08:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Worst passwords of 2019: Are you using one of them? SplashData released their “Worst passwords of 2019” list, which...

Windows 7 is reaching end-of-extended-support, what to do?
2019-12-16 12:08

Windows 7, released in October 2009, was one of Microsoft’s big successes. Ten years later and despite its end-of-extended-support deadline being imminent (January 14, 2020), the popular OS is...

Microsoft Security Essentials Will Not Protect Windows 7 PCs After January 14, 2020
2019-12-12 10:51

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will stop protecting Windows 7 PCs on January 14, 2020, when support for Windows 7 is set to end. read more

Windows 10 Mobile receives its last security patches
2019-12-11 11:24

If you’re one of the tiny hardcore still using Windows 10 Mobile, 10 December 2019 is probably a day you’ve been dreading for nearly a year.

Microsoft Patches Windows Zero-Day Exploited in Korea-Linked Attacks
2019-12-11 05:12

Microsoft’s December 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix a total of 36 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day that has been exploited in attacks alongside a Chrome zero-day. read more

It's the end of the 20-teens, and your Windows PC can still be pwned by nothing more than a simple bad font
2019-12-10 22:33

End 2019 with a Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, Adobe, SAP and Intel With the year winding to a close and the holiday parties set to kick off, admins will want to check out the December Patch...

Latest Microsoft Update Patches New Windows 0-Day Under Active Attack
2019-12-10 22:19

With its latest and last Patch Tuesday for 2019, Microsoft is warning billions of its users of a new Windows zero-day vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild in...

Snatch Ransomware Reboots Windows in Safe Mode to Bypass Antivirus
2019-12-10 01:28

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new variant of the Snatch ransomware that first reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode and only then encrypts victims' files to avoid antivirus...

Microsoft Warns of Persistent Windows Hello for Business Orphaned Keys
2019-12-05 17:41

Microsoft this week issued guidance regarding Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) public keys that persist even after the devices they are tied to are removed from Active Directory. read more