Security News

Critical Flaws Found in Windows NTLM Security Protocol – Patch Now (The Hackers News)
2017-07-12 00:23

As part of this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a serious privilege escalation vulnerability which affect all versions of its Windows operating system for...

Swiss users targeted with Windows, macOS banking Trojan (Help Net Security)
2017-07-11 16:41

Swiss users are once again hit with emails delivering banking malware, for both Windows and macOS systems. Trend Micro researchers believe the campaign to have been mounted by the threat actors...

Week in review: Windows 10 against crypto ransomware, satellite phone comms decryption (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 01:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016 The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide...

Wikileaks Unveils CIA Implants that Steal SSH Credentials from Windows & Linux PCs (The Hackers News)
2017-07-06 11:41

WikiLeaks has today published the 15th batch of its ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing two alleged CIA implants that allowed the agency to intercept and exfiltrate SSH (Secure Shell)...

Microsoft Forces Users to Review Windows 10 Privacy Settings (Security Week)
2017-07-04 13:34

Windows 10 users who haven’t installed the Creators Update will soon be notified to review their privacy settings and to install the latest feature update to remain secure, Microsoft announced. read more

Windows 10 will use protected folders to thwart crypto ransomware (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 15:29

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (the next major update of Microsoft’s popular OS) is scheduled to be released in September, and will come with major new end-to-end security features. As announced...

French Regulator Accepts Microsoft's Data Protection Improvements to Windows 10 (Security Week)
2017-07-03 12:09

CNIL Accepts Microsoft's Data Protection Improvements to Windows 10 read more

Would Cheaper Windows Upgrades Solve Ransomware Woes? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-03 10:18

Discounts Are a Good Start, But Won't Magically Fix Deeper ProblemsBy lowering the price of Windows, could Microsoft help stop the spread of mass ransomware worms? India seems to think so. But...

Windows 10 to Get Built-in Protection Against Most Ransomware Attacks (The Hackers News)
2017-06-30 02:39

Ransomware Ransomware Everywhere Not a Single Place to Hide! But, Microsoft has a simple solution to this problem to protect millions of its users against most ransomware attacks. Two massive...

Windows 10 will try to combat ransomware by locking up your data (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-29 19:25

But how to protect files from users who have access to those files remains tricky.