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Google has now detected a new vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, the Windows 10 default web browser; this detection has been made as part of Google’s Project Zero program. On MSFT, which claims to be one of the original Microsoft-centered communities, has published a blog on this issue. The blog post, which is titled ‘Google’s Project […]
The new Photos Companion app is a fresh creation straight out of Redmond’s skunkworks division named Microsoft Garage. This experimental app is available for Android and iOS devices. What it does is it simplifies the transfer of images and videos from Android and iOS to Windows 10. But wait, you can already sync your photos via OneDrive. […]
Microsoft has released February’s cumulative updates for Windows 10, better known as Patch Tuesday. The reason why the update is worth getting is it comes with fixes for 50 vulnerabilities in various versions of Windows 10. As per the release notes, the software addressed as a part of the Patch Tuesday update are Windows OS, […]
A number of professionals in information security can be asked if at this time the existing technology is reliable enough to make use of a system as widespread as Windows 10, all without the usual passwords. Microsoft is one of those companies that think that conventional “passwords” are a thing of the past, so they […]
Microsoft has announced changes to their evaluation criteria which helps their antimalware products like Windows Defender take action against different kinds of threats. One such category of apps is of the so-called free cleaners and optimizers, also known as scareware, which try to fool users by displaying false warnings and coercive messages to lead the users […]
Microsoft has started pushing a Windows update to disable the microcode patches released earlier for the Spectre variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) Branch Target Injection vulnerability. The counter patch comes almost a week after Intel asked OEMs and customers to stop deploying the security patches as “they may introduce higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior.” Until […]
Security researchers have identified a new in-kind Zyklon malware campaign that spreads advanced botnet malware using at least three newly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. Nicknamed Zyklon, the complete malware reappeared after almost two years and focused mainly on telecommunications, insurance, and financial services. Active since early 2016, Zyklon malware is an HTTP botnet malware […]
Recently patched critical Microsoft office vulnerabilities are used for distributing powerful Zyklon Malware that has some sophisticated functionalities such as creating a backdoor in victims machine. Zyklon Malware has widely spread across the world since 2016 and its mainly targeting Telecommunications, Insurance, Financial Services. A Backdoor that creates by Zyklon Malware has capable of keylogging, password harvesting, downloading […]
According to a report from Spanish newspaper El País (Via: It’s Foss), the City of Barcelona is moving away from the proprietary software products from Microsoft. This move is important in the wake of Munich’s recent decision to again adopt Microsoft’s products. As per the report, Barcelona city plans to replace all user applications on its computers with […]
When The Register broke the massive side-channel attack flaws pertaining to Intel and other CPUs, it was reported that the users should expect a significant slowdown after installing the patches. Now, Microsoft has performed some benchmarking tests and offered a concrete idea of what you should expect. In a post on Microsoft’s Secure blog, Terry […]
In the realm of office productivity software, no one has a significant presence as Microsoft Office. They’ve produced a piece of software for just about every task necessary in the modern office, short of a few niches or specializations. Microsoft Office apps like Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc. have got so many features nowadays that it […]
Security researchers from Rhino Labs (a US-based cyber-security firm) have found that cyber criminals can use a Microsoft Word feature dubbed subDoc to fool Windows machines into handing over their NTLM hashes, which is the usual format in which user account credentials are saved. subDoc feature was created to load a document into the body of a […]
Keeper is the name of Windows’ password manager that comes free with every fresh copy of Windows 10. Unfortunately, a critical bug has been identified by Google Project Zero researcher Travis Ormandy in the new version of Keeper and it was not patched for nearly eight days. “I created a new Windows 10 VM with […]
On Wednesday, Microsoft has released a patch for the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MPE) to fix a critical severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in it. The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2017-11937) has been discovered by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that could lead to memory corruption and enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code […]
Microsoft has fixed a critical remote code execution bug (CVE-2017-11937) in the Malware Protection Engine that finds its home in a variety of products, including Windows Defender (Windows 8 and above) and Microsoft Security Essentials. According to a security advisory, the flaw leads to a memory corruption error when a specially crafted file is scanned […]
At the BlackHat Europe 2017 conference, security researchers from enSilo demonstrated a new code injection attack for Windows OS called “Process Doppelganging.” The attack method can be used to bypass even updated modern AV software and execute malicious codes that are already known to security companies. The same is done by making fishy things look like […]
Microsoft has a never-ending malware problem, in fact, millions of Windows devices worldwide have been plagued with some sort of malicious software. Recently, the IT security researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a Windows tech support scam in which users are first infected with a malware and then tricked into spending $25 via PayPal to purchase a Windows […]
Italian security researcher Lino Antonio Buono discovered a security flaw that affects almost all versions of Microsoft office. As per the findings of Buono, this vulnerability can let hackers create and distribute macro-based, self-replicating malware and hide it behind unsuspecting MS Word documents. Buono, who works at InTheCyber, explained that a self-replicating malware could allow […]
Microsoft has abandoned their simple free video editing software and introduced Story Remix. But still, there are people on the planet who have contributed to around 10 million Google searches for the keywords “movie maker” and “windows movie maker.” Microsoft officially removed Windows Movie Maker from their download website in January. Earlier, the free video […]
AS DANGEROUS AS they may be, the Kremlin-linked hacking group known as APT28, or Fancy Bear, gets points for topicality. Last year, the group hacked the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign with shrewd, politically savvy timing. Now, those same hackers seem to be exploiting last week’s ISIS attack in New York City to advance […]
Around 40% of Microsoft’s Azure VMs now run Linux distributions, according to a tweet made by Microsoft Developer UK twitter account, ZDNet reports. That information was retweeted by Linuxing community manager Brian Byrne. Did you know that 40% of #VirtualMachines in #Azure are running #Linux? #FutureDecoded #Dev pic.twitter.com/Ypb667Oa1L — Microsoft Developer (@msdevUK) October 31, 2017 Only […]