Security News

Is your Windows 10 migration strategy leaving you vulnerable? (Help Net Security)
2017-01-11 13:46

Despite enhanced security being a key driver in the move to Windows 10, many organizations are putting their security at risk with their choice of migration strategy, according to new research by...

SAMRi10: Windows 10 hardening tool for thwarting network recon (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 20:20

Microsoft researchers Itay Grady and Tal Be’ery have released another tool to help admins harden their environment against reconnaissance attacks: SAMRi10 (pronounced “Samaritan”). User2...

Microsoft Bolsters Ransomware Protection in Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Threatpost)
2016-11-14 22:43

Microsoft beefs-up ransomware defenses in Windows 10 Anniversary Update starting with Edge browser and the introduction of an Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) tool for the enterprise.

Pawn Storm raced to pop many targets before Windows zero-day patch release (Help Net Security)
2016-11-09 22:02

As promised, Microsoft provided this Tuesday a patch for the Windows zero-day (CVE-2016-7855) actively exploited by the Strontium (aka Pawn Storm) cyber espionage hacking group. The initial...

Week in review: Actively exploited Windows 0-day, ICS and IoT security (Help Net Security)
2016-11-06 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: 65% of Windows devices still running Windows 7, released in 2009 To analyze the current state of device...