Security News

Microsoft Rolls Out Spectre Variant 2 Mitigations for Windows 10
2019-03-04 18:37

Over the weekend, Microsoft started rolling out a new software update for Windows 10 devices to enable the Retpoline mitigations against Spectre attacks.  read more

WannaCry-hero Hutchins' trial date set, Microsoft readies Google's Spectre V2 fix for Windows 10, Coinhive axed, and more
2019-03-02 11:14

PS: Update Adobe ColdFusion, Cisco WebEx Meetings, Nvidia drivers with security fixes Roundup Here's your weekend rapid-fire roundup of infosec news, ahead of next week's RSA Conference, beyond...

Microsoft Unveils New Azure, Windows Defender ATP Tools
2019-02-28 14:05

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled two new cloud-based security products and services — Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Threat Experts — designed to make it easier for security teams to do...

Thunder, thunder, thunder... Thunderclap: Feel the magic, hear the roar, macOS, Windows pwnage tools are loose
2019-02-26 22:40

Open memory defenses allow mischief from connected kit Computers have enough trouble defending sensitive data in memory from prying eyes that you might think it would be unwise to provide...

You've got Thunderclap! iOS, Windows pwnage via peripherals is back in black
2019-02-26 22:40

Open memory defenses allow mischief from connected kit Computers have enough trouble defending sensitive data in memory from prying eyes that you might think it would be unwise to provide...

Latest WinRAR Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild to Hack Windows Computers
2019-02-26 13:48

It's not just the critical Drupal vulnerability that is being exploited by in the wild cybercriminals to attack vulnerable websites that have not yet applied patches already available by its...

Windows Servers Vulnerable to DoS Attacks, Microsoft Warns
2019-02-21 16:02

Microsoft informed users on Wednesday that Windows servers running Internet Information Services (IIS) are vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that rely on malicious HTTP/2 requests. read more

Mandatory update coming to Windows 7, 2008 to kill off weak update hashes
2019-02-19 17:10

Microsoft is phasing out SHA-1 hashes on its patches.

Tens of millions more web accounts for sale after more sites hacked, Mac malware spreads via Windows.exe, and more
2019-02-18 05:02

Standby for a 'we woz haxx0ed' email from one of these sites this week... Roundup Let's kickstart your Monday with some lovely juicy computer security and screwups news, beyond what we reported last week.…

Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs
2019-02-14 22:56

CorrectHorseBatteryStaple once again more secure and memorable than ff3sd21n HashCat, an open source password recovery tool, can now crack an eight-character Windows NTLM password hash in less...