Security News

Microsoft Fixes Bad Patch That Left Windows 7, Server 2008 Open to Attack
2018-03-30 18:51

Microsoft released an out-of-band security update that corrected a faulty patch that left Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 open to attack.

Microsoft Fixes Windows Flaw Introduced by Meltdown Patches
2018-03-30 04:29

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to address a serious privilege escalation vulnerability introduced earlier this year by the Meltdown...

Microsoft's Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure
2018-03-29 15:03

Meltdown CPU vulnerability was bad, and Microsoft somehow made the flaw even worse on its Windows 7, allowing any unprivileged, user-level application to read content from and even write data to...

Bad Microsoft Meltdown Patch Made Some Windows Systems Less Secure
2018-03-28 16:25

Researcher finds Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday release included a fix for the Intel Meltdown bug, however the update opened up a new vulnerability.

Windows Remote Assistance Exploit Lets Hackers Steal Sensitive Files
2018-03-20 19:18

You have always been warned not to share remote access to your computer with untrusted people for any reason—it's a basic cybersecurity advice, and common sense, right? But what if, I say you...

CredSSP Flaw in Remote Desktop Protocol Affects All Versions of Windows
2018-03-13 18:18

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) that affects all versions of Windows to date and could allow remote attackers to exploit RDP...

Vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, Windows servers hit with cryptominers
2018-03-09 19:53

Vulnerable servers of all kinds are being targeted, compromised and made to mine cryptocurrencies for the attackers. Apache Solr servers under attack SANS ISC handler Renato Marihno warns about an...

Windows 10 'S Mode' Coming Soon — For Security and Performance
2018-03-09 11:33

Microsoft has confirmed that the company is planning to convert Windows 10 S from a dedicated operating system to a special "S Mode" that will be available in all versions of Windows. Windows 10...

Locked Windows machines can be compromised through Cortana
2018-03-07 20:45

Compromising locked Windows computers that have the Cortana voice-activated virtual assistant enabled is relatively easy – or it was until Microsoft made a simple tweak. The attack The discovery...

Run 'Kali Linux' Natively On Windows 10 — Just Like That!
2018-03-06 13:18

Great news for hackers. Now you can download and install Kali Linux directly from the Microsoft App Store on Windows 10 just like any other application. I know it sounds crazy, but it's true! Kali...