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Israel warns of BiBi wiper attacks targeting Linux and Windows
2023-11-13 16:53

Data-wiping attacks are becoming more frequent on Israeli computers as researchers discovered variants of the BiBi malware family that destroys data on both Linux and Windows systems. A Linux version of the BiBi wiper was seen in late October by researchers at cybersecurity companies ESET and SecurityJoes, who noted that it was launched by pro-Hamas hacktivists.

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2023-11-13 11:26

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New BiBi-Windows Wiper Targets Windows Systems in Pro-Hamas Attacks
2023-11-13 04:50

Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a Windows version of a wiper malware that was previously observed targeting Linux systems in cyber attacks aimed at Israel. Dubbed BiBi-Windows Wiper by BlackBerry, the wiper is the Windows counterpart of BiBi-Linux Wiper, which has been put to use by a pro-Hamas hacktivist group in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war last month.

Windows 11 will soon let you uninstall more inbox apps
2023-11-12 23:47

Microsoft is gearing up to roll out an update for Windows 11 that will significantly enhance user control over built-in apps. In the upcoming version, you will be able to uninstall a wider range of inbox apps.

Microsoft extends Windows Server 2012 ESUs to October 2026
2023-11-10 16:50

Microsoft provides three more years of Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) until October 2026, allowing administrators more time to upgrade or migrate to Azure. [...]

Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs
2023-11-09 18:07

Microsoft publicly acknowledged a known issue causing Windows Server 2022 virtual machine blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts. "Affected VMs will receive an error with a blue screen and Stop code : PNP DETECTED FATAL ERROR," Microsoft said in an update to the Windows release health dashboard.

Google ads push malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site
2023-11-09 16:09

A threat actor has been abusing Google Ads to distribute a trojanized version of the CPU-Z tool to deliver the Redline info-stealing malware. [...]

New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers
2023-11-09 13:26

A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. "This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like Notepad++, Citrix, and VNC Viewer as seen in its infrastructure and cloaking templates used to avoid detection," Malwarebytes' Jérôme Segura said. While malvertising campaigns are known to set up replica sites advertising widely-used software, the latest activity marks a deviation in that the website mimics WindowsReport[.

Microsoft drops SMB1 firewall rules in new Windows 11 build
2023-11-08 19:56

Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today's Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992 build. Before this change and since Windows XP SP2, creating SMB shares set up firewall rules automatically within the "File and Printer Sharing" group for the specified firewall profiles.

Researchers Find 34 Windows Drivers Vulnerable to Full Device Takeover
2023-11-02 08:59

As many as 34 unique vulnerable Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) drivers could be exploited by non-privileged threat actors to gain full control of the devices and...