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Over time, temporary files can accumulate and take up storage space. If you want to free up storage space, you can delete temporary files – Here’s how to remove temporary files in Windows 10. Temporary files, which are usually referred to as Temp files, are junk files that are left behind after you have completed […]
Microsoft’s recent associations with Linux and other open source software have certainly attracted the attention of developers. Starting with the initial release of Windows Subsystem of Linux (WSL) that allowed Windows 10 users to run Bash in Ubuntu in Windows 10, Microsoft surprised its Build 2019 audience by announcing that the WSL 2 will ensure […]
FIN8 hacker group is back with a new highly sophisticated variant of the ShellTea malware and carried out attacks against hotel and entertainment industry. This would be the first attack by FIN8 hacker group in 2019, and it is believed that malware was deployed as a result of a phishing attack. Researchers from Morphisec Labs […]
According to experts in security audits, from the May update of 2019 Windows Sandbox is available for Windows 10 system administrators. This tool provides an isolated environment of the main system installation to run unknown or unreliable source software. Windows Sandbox works in a similar way to a virtual machine, although it offers security and […]
Popular web browser Opera has announced the World’s first gaming browser, known as Opera GX for all the ‘1.2 billion’ PC gamers out there. The new gaming browser, which is meant for Windows, has gaming themes and designs and allows users to personalize the browser as per his or her choice. Not only can the […]
Web application security test specialists published a report detailing a new uncorrected vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Tracked as CVE-2019-9510, this vulnerability could allow client-side attackers to bypass the lock screen in remote desktop sessions. The flaw was discovered by the Carnegie Mellon University researcher Joe Tammariello; in his report, the […]
Security researcher Tavis Ormandy, who is a part of the Google Project Zero team, has already unearthed some serious bugs and threats in the past. This time, he found a new zero-day vulnerability in the Notepad app which affects users of the Windows operating system. The zero-day exploit can be used to open a Windows […]
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 […]
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft revealed details about a severe bug that exists in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Windows OS. The bug is called BlueKeep; it can be used to trigger remote code execution attacks. Microsoft warned that it’s “warmable,” which means some attacker can take advantage of the bug to create self-replicating […]
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released a security patch to fix a remote-code execution vulnerability in its Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services; now, IT security audit specialists report that there are still about a million Windows systems vulnerable to exploiting this flaw. If exploited, the vulnerability could generate serious global consequences; the IT security […]
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 […]
Microsoft warns users of older versions of Windows of installing Windows Update immediately to protect against potential, widespread attacks. The software giant has fixed vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services running on Windows XP, Windows 7, and server versions such as Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft is taking this […]
The Microsoft 70-412 certification exam validates that you have what it takes to configure advanced Windows Server 2012. This test is one of three exams that measure the skills of a candidate on matters to do with deployment, management, and maintenance of Windows Server 2012. The configuration is done in such a way that the […]
A report by ZDNet has revealed that a mysterious hacker is selling Windows zero-day exploits to the world’s most notorious cybercrime groups for the past three years. At least three cyber-espionage groups also known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are regular customers of this hacker. According to experts from Kaspersky Lab, the hacker going by […]
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 […]
The technology giant Microsoft plans to eliminate the so-called password expiration policy, by which the company requests Windows users to change their login keys periodically, reported vulnerability testing specialists. The company announced this proposal through a publication on its official blog; in the text, Microsoft mentions that its standard security settings will stop asking users […]
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 […]
According to the latest Kaspersky Lab Report, a Windows Zero-Day vulnerability is serving as a backdoor for hackers to take control of users’ PCs. The latest exploit utilizes a use-after-free attack and has a technical name CVE-2019-0895. The exploit is found in win32k.sys and grants hackers Local Privilege meaning they’re able to access resources usually outside of users’ capabilities. How Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability Works? A normal […]
Internet Explorer is not exactly the most popular search engine, and this new security incident definitively won’t help. According to cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in this search engine that makes Windows OS computers vulnerable to file theft attacks. According to the […]
Internet Explorer was already useless for most of us, but now it is dangerous to have the obsolete browser on your computer. A security researcher, John Page, found a new security flaw in Internet Explorer that allows hackers to steal data. Here’s the craziest part: This flaw affects your Windows PC even if you never open the browser. So just […]
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 […]