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Chinese hackers and secretly exploited more than 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin for TurtleCoin as part of a large-scale crypto hacking campaign called Nansh0u. The campaign was discovered in early April and began on 26 February. It focused on servers around the world, including companies from different sectors, with more than 700 victims a day. According […]
At Computex 2019, Microsoft hinted at the features of a ‘modern OS’ without unveiling any concrete details about it. When Nick Parker, VP of consumer and device sales, took to the stage, everyone expected some announcement related to Windows Lite but the company did unveil what according to it is an ideal OS. In a […]
A specialist in IT security audit services known under the pseudonym of SandboxEscaper has just revealed new zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows; this is the third consecutive day that the investigator reveals the discovery of new flaws in the operating system. The investigator published in her GitHub account the code of a proof of concept for […]
Recently a new vulnerability was reported in the Windows 10 operating system that, if exploited, would allow attackers to gain high privileges on the compromised computer. Now, experts from the IICS’s information security course have reported about the publishing of the code to exploit the vulnerability on GitHub to perform several malicious activities. Experts mention […]
Windows 10 May 2019 update version 1903 is available for download for Windows 10 users. The new Windows 10 update is rolling out slowly to consumers because of quality concerns. Earlier, the Windows 10 October update, version 1809 had a lot of problems, including the folder redirection bug, which deleted files instead of moving them […]
Previously, information security service specialists reported that the update package for Windows 10 generated some bugs in the updated machines. Now, reports of errors emerge again in the restart process of Windows 10 machines that installed the updates. Although the latest update package does not contain critical bug fixes, there are multiple improvements that need […]
Just recently, we reported that the Indian State of Kerala expects to save about $430 million by adopting an Ubuntu Linux-based operating system in its schools. In related news, The Korea Herald has reported that the government of South Korea is also working on its plans to switch to Linux from Windows. Until now, Windows […]
When Microsoft initially introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux to help developers run Linux tools on Windows 10 without using workarounds like dual-booting or virtualization, one had to install it via terminal. Later, Microsoft and distro vendors made it easier to install open source operating systems like Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and Kali Linux via Microsoft […]
Microsoft has announced a string of new features and services that are focused on developers at its annual Build 2019 Developer Conference. It goes without saying that Windows 10 operating system got its share of attention and the company announced some interesting features for developers who use Windows as their development platform. Starting with a new […]
When Microsoft shelved its plans for Windows-based smartphones, it shattered the dreams of many people. Microsoft is not to blame here as it is difficult to thrive amongst Android and iOS. A group of developers recently rekindled the dream by running full Windows 10 on ARM on Lumia 950 XL. The project has seen steady […]
The software vendors provide a set of minimum hardware requirements to tell the users if they can run the software on their machines. If the software is paid, this information becomes even more critical as nobody wants to go through the hassle of trying to get a refund. For Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft has […]
Every Windows 10 update comes with its own share of weird issues that are often hard to explain and funny at the same time. One such issue plaguing the upcoming Windows 10 May 2019 Update is related to the USB drive. Microsoft has published a support document on its website, warning that Windows 10 users […]
Seems like Redmond continues to have nightmares when it comes to their Windows update roll-out, as reports of a massive number of bricked computers are occurring for Windows 10, 8.1 and 7 after the April 2019 Patch Tuesday. The affected computers are no longer booting to Windows after the installation of the Patch Tuesday updates, […]
Ever since Qualcomm introduced an ARM version of Windows 10 that supports Snapdragon processors, developers have fiddled with smartphones to run Windows 10. Earlier this year, we saw a Google Pixel 3 XL running on Windows 10, now a developer has ported the desktop OS to OnePlus 6T. Interestingly, he also demoed the OnePlus flagship […]
Microsoft is well aware that people have no time to remove USB safely. Life’s too short for it, thus with the new Microsoft Windows 1809 Version, the company is making it safe to pull out your USB without any hassle. Windows usually allows two options for pen-drive usage and removal. The safe remove option will […]
The Windows 10 May Update (Version 19H1), which was formerly known as the Windows 10 April update, will now be released at the end of next month. It is confusing, I know, but for a good reason nonetheless. Microsoft is extending the Insider testing of the Windows 10 19H1 Version for an additional month to fix the remaining […]
Microsoft has been advocating the concept of always-connected PCs for quite some time. The company also announced an SDK that allows developers to port their x86 apps on ARM64 chips. Since then, developers have also been trying to obtain the benefits of Windows 10 on ARM processors. Now, a software developer named Bas Timmer, who […]
Third party kernel drivers are often a headache for the consumer electronics vendors as the complete control on the integrity of the system can’t be ensured. The same applies to Microsoft and its Windows 10 operating system. In an official blog post, Microsoft has outlined a massive security flaw present in a device management driver […]
During its Surface event held in October, Microsoft showed off the much-anticipated phone screen mirroring feature coming to Windows 10 as a part of the Your Phone app. Now, with the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18356 (19H1), Microsoft has shipped an early preview of the Your Phone app‘s new phone screen feature. With […]
If you run Windows 10 and love to install the latest updates as soon as they become available, you must be aware of the series of issues being caused by buggy Windows 10 updates. To make sure that customers don’t end up jumping ship out of frustration, Microsoft has quietly published a support document detailing […]
The flaw requires being combined with a Chrome browser exploit Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security recommend Windows operating system users to upgrade to version 10 to protect against a critical vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild. Unidentified threat actors have combined an unpatched local privilege escalation exploit […]