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Short Bytes: To stop you from using insecure passwords that are easy to guess and crack, Microsoft has activated the Dynamic Password Banning system in its Microsoft Account Service and Azure AD. The company is also using the Smart Password Lockout feature to restrict the bad guys from accessing your account. Having a strong password […]
Private industry players have been warned by the FBI through its Private Industry Notification to keep an eye on those keystroke loggers that have been disguised as USB device chargers. This notification is dated April 29. FBI officials wrote (Pdf) in their notification that: “If placed strategically in an office or other location where individuals might use […]
Tech support scammers are well aware of what is going on in the malware scene and often rip off ideas and concepts from other criminals. We see this today with for example bogus browser locks and fake AV alerts which are mostly an annoyance and can somewhat easily be disabled. But things have been changing with more serious malware-like techniques to force people […]
Short Bytes: Long before Linus Torvalds wrote Linux, Microsoft was the king of Unix world. The company, somehow, developed Xenix, the most popular version of Unix of its time. However, IBM’s decision to go ahead with MS-DOS in its PCs acted as a death blow to Xenix and Microsoft lost interest in the OS. Writing […]
The boom in PoS systems in the US has its drawbacks. Researchers from FireEye have disclosed the details of cyberattack group leveraging a Microsoft Windows zero-day flaw in targeted attacks against over 100 US companies. Dhanesh Kizhakkinan, Yu Wang, Dan Caselden and Erica Eng from FireEye’s security team said in a blog post on Wednesday that […]
Microsoft is forcing users to upgrade their OS from Win 7 and Win 8 to Win 10 — But, here are 8 reasons that you should consider before you click the upgrade tab! Microsoft has been trying so much to make the upgrade to the new Windows 10 software. They offered a free upgrade for […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft is killing the free Windows 10 upgrade offer after July 29, 2016. But, what to do if you want to upgrade your Windows 7 or 8.1 PC to Windows 10 for free after this date? Well, thanks to Microsoft’s digital license entitlement, you can use Windows 10’s rollback feature to grab the […]
Microsoft Disabling Controversial Wi-Fi Sense Feature in Upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update Windows 10 users can breathe a sigh of relief because their Wi-Fi passwords will not be shared with other users, which so far was a default feature of the latest version of their favorite operating system. As per the official statement from Gabe […]
Exploits exist for both bugs and allow for remote code execution. Windows users woke up to something that doesn’t happen every day: the disclosure of two zero-day vulnerabilities, one in the Microsoft operating system and the other in Adobe’s Flash Player. The Windows bug is being actively exploited in the wild, making it imperative that users […]
Microsoft will charge you $119 from 29th July 2016 in order to update your operating system from Windows 7 and Win 8 to Windows 10 — It’s a do or die situation! Microsoft has been forcing users to update their OS from Windows 7 and Win 8 to Windows 10 but who knew the tech […]
Researchers have identified a new malware taking advantage of Windows God Mode and infecting users. Malware in a Window OS is not a new thing but Microsoft claimed that apps in Windows 10 will automatically detect the presence of malware — However, the Dynamer malware breached Windows OS security by exploiting God Mode. God Mode is […]
This keyboard makes it easy for people to chat with just one hand — It’s only available in US-based iOS stores. Now that Windows Phone failed to leave a mark and Windows 10 Mobile isn’t going places, Microsoft‘s is now on a fierce mission to lead the race with iPhone by its apps. Microsoft’s came […]
Microsoft Windows has hidden an Easter Egg since Windows Vista. It allows users to create a specially named folder that acts as a shortcut to Windows settings and special folders, such as control panels, My Computer, or the printers folder. This “God Mode” can come in handy for admins, but attackers are now using this undocumented feature for evil […]
Short Bytes: A new report floating in the tech world suggests that Microsoft is busy headhunting the employees from well-known Linux firms. It’s being speculated that Redmond is doing this to make its Azure cloud strategy more effective by bringing open source tools on the platform. Over the course of past few months, we have […]
Short Bytes: Very often governments ask the tech companies to provide the personal information of their customers and force them to remain silent. Taking a stand against the DOJ in a similar matter, Microsoft has sued the U.S. government over its unconstitutional practices of secret data requests. Microsoft has taken a stand against the way […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft’s HR department has poached the man who turned Oracle into a Linux-dominated company. Wim Coekaerts, commonly known as Oracle’s “Mr. Linux”, has joined Redmond folks to head up its Linux and open source efforts. This is an established fact that Microsoft loves Linux and open source technologies. The recent developments at Build […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft and Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, are partnering to allow you to use Ubuntu on Windows 10. The official announcement is expected to be made at Microsoft’s BUILD 2016 developer conference later today. This partnership is expected to integrate Windows and Linux on the developer desktop. Microsoft is kicking off its BUILD […]
How-to guide also included, showing sysadmins how to protect their enterprises from malicious macro malware. Microsoft is finally addressing the elephant in the room in terms of security for Office users and has announced a new feature in the Office 2016 suite that will make it harder for attackers to exploit macro malware. For years, macro […]
Comcast and LinkedIn are also backing the proposal. A group of independent security researchers and major Silicon Valley tech giants have submitted last Friday, March 18, 2016, a proposal for a new email protocol called SMTP STS (Strict Transport Security). STMP has never been a secure protocol, mainly because at the moment it was invented, in […]
Ransomware targets corporate networks, not just lone users. A new ransomware family has inflicted enough damage for both Microsoft and the FBI to take notice of its actions, the last issuing a public statement announcement on its site to warn US companies of the dangers surrounding this new threat. Detected under the names of Samas, Kazi, […]
Short Bytes: While Microsoft is expressing its love for open source and Linux by releasing tons of code on GitHub and making Linux-based products, it’s unable to win the trust of open source community. Showing its darker side, the company has extracted some Android and Linux-based patents from smaller companies. If Redmond really cares about […]