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Windows Built-in Antivirus Gets Secure Sandbox Mode – Turn It ON
2018-10-29 15:03

Microsoft Windows built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender, has become the very first antivirus software to have the ability to run inside a sandbox environment. Sandboxing is a process that...

Microsoft Creates Sandbox for Windows Defender
2018-10-29 12:55

Microsoft announced on Friday that Windows Defender, the antivirus application shipped with the company’s operating systems, can now run in a sandbox, and the tech giant claims it’s the first...

Windows Defender can now run inside a sandbox
2018-10-29 12:25

Microsoft has made it possible for Windows Defender Antivirus to be run within a sandbox, a restrictive environment that separates the AV’s processes from those of the underlying Windows OS, thus...

Worrying Windows 10 wrecking-ball weapon weirdly wanders wildly on worldwide web
2018-10-24 20:11

Zero-day crash'n'pwn exploit for Microsoft's latest OS disclosed, no official patch available (yet) A skilled Microsoft bug hunter with a penchant for public disclosures via Twitter has openly...

Windows ‘Deletebug’ Zero-Day Allows Privilege Escalation, Destruction
2018-10-24 20:04

The unpatched flaw allows an attacker to delete any kind of file on a victim machine, including system data.

Exploit for New Windows Zero-Day Published on Twitter
2018-10-24 18:40

A new zero-day vulnerability in Windows was made public on Twitter by the same researcher who published an exploit for a bug in the Windows Task Scheduler at the end of August. read more

Another Windows 0-day flaw has been published on Twitter
2018-10-24 15:50

And on GitHub there's a proof-of-concept that'll render your system unbootable.

Hacker Discloses New Windows Zero-Day Exploit On Twitter
2018-10-24 09:03

A security researcher with Twitter alias SandboxEscaper—who two months ago publicly dropped a zero-day exploit for Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler—has yesterday released another proof-of-concept...

Trivial Post-Intrusion Attack Exploits Windows RID
2018-10-19 14:22

Simple technique enables attackers to leverage Windows OS component to maintain stealth and persistence post system compromise.

IT and security professionals unprepared for Windows 7 end of life
2018-10-18 05:30

An Avecto survey of over 500 individuals from Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States revealed that, while some organisations have already migrated to Windows 10 and are using the...