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Microsoft has reminded customers that the extended support for all editions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will end on October 10. Although Windows Server 2012 reached its mainstream support end date over four years ago, in October 2018, Microsoft pushed back the end date for extended support five years to allow customers to migrate to newer, under-support Windows Server versions.
Hackers are abusing the Windows Problem Reporting error reporting tool for Windows to load malware into a compromised system's memory using a DLL sideloading technique. The use of this Windows executable is to stealthy infect devices without raising any alarms on the breached system by launching the malware through a legitimate Windows executable.
BlueNoroff, a subcluster of the notorious Lazarus Group, has been observed adopting new techniques into its playbook that enable it to bypass Windows Mark of the Web protections. "BlueNoroff created numerous fake domains impersonating venture capital companies and banks," security researcher Seongsu Park said, adding the new attack procedure was flagged in its telemetry in September 2022.
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When we woke up this morning, our cybersecurity infofeed was awash with "News" that Apple had just patched a security hole variously described a "Gnarly bug", a "Critical flaw" that could leave your Macs "Defenceless", and the "Achilles' heel of macOS". This isn't a new bug, it's just some new information about a bug that Apple fixed last week.
Mandiant is reporting on a trojaned Windows installer that targets Ukrainian users. Mandiant uncovered a socially engineered supply chain operation focused on Ukrainian government entities that leveraged trojanized ISO files masquerading as legitimate Windows 10 Operating System installers.
Some users running Windows 10 who installed the KB5021233 cumulative update this month are seeing their operating system crash with the Blue Screen of Death, Microsoft is warning. In an entry over the weekend in its Windows Health Dashboard, the company wrote that the update might cause "a mismatch between the file versions of hidparse.sys in c:/windows/system32 and c:/windows/system32/drivers, which might cause signature validation to fail when cleanup occurs."
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Update won't offer optional updates in December, with the software giant only focusing on security updates due to the holiday season. That means Windows 10 and all supported versions of Windows 11, including Server versions, and even Windows 8, won't get additional updates this month.
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Update won't offer optional updates in December, with the software giant only focusing on security updates due to the holiday season. That means Windows 10 and all supported versions of Windows 11, including Server versions, and even Windows 8, won't get additional updates this month.
Microsoft says that Windows 10 updates released in late September are causing Windows taskbar flicker issues and app instability. "After installing updates released September 20, 2022 or later, taskbar elements might flicker and cause system instability," Microsoft said in a new issue added to the Windows health dashboard on Friday.