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A vulnerability discovered by Google Project Zero security researchers and left without a patch by Microsoft received a temporary fix from third-party security vendor ACROS Security. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0038, is a bug in Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface), a library that Windows uses to process graphics and formatted text, for both the video […]
It is evident that Google does not like Microsoft, but it is also a fact that Microsoft is lazy at fixing critical vulnerabilities in its cyber infrastructure. Take the example from 2015 when researchers exposed an 18-year-old “Redirect to SMB” vulnerability which allowed attackers to steal data from all versions of Windows operating system. Now, security researchers […]
We cannot ignore the fact that billions are spent on TV commercials by production houses and companies. In the USA, approx. $69billion is spent annually on TV ads. Therefore, it is very important for them to find out the best way to invest money and create profitable campaigns. This can be accomplished by assessing what […]
Google has gone public with details of a second unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft products, this time in Edge and Internet Explorer, after last week they’ve published details about a bug in the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface) component. At the time of writing, the bug remains unpatched after Microsoft canceled February’s Patch Tuesday security updates, […]
The Microsoft Publisher Documents utilized as a part of this battle was gone for infecting the victim with the, well known, Pony malware. While Pony is all around archived in specialized capacity it has not been known to utilize the .bar document organize as of not long ago. Horse is an accreditation collecting bit of […]
Short Bytes: To manage its code more efficiently, Microsoft has created open source Git Virtual File System (GVFS). It’s designed to deal with large Git repos more efficiently by virtualizing the file system in the repo and reducing the time taken to perform critical operations. Now, Microsoft has open sourced the client side source code of GVFS. […]
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the SMB service of Microsoft Windows which lets attackers carry out Denial of Service attacks and crash the entire system leading to Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). CERT’s advisory specifies that “by connecting to a malicious SMB server (Server Message Block), a vulnerable Windows client […]
We know that child porn and subsequent child abuse are a reality. In order to prevent criminal-minded pedophiles from running child porn services on their websites, social website moderators are required to keep a check. To perform their duties, they need to watch some highly disturbing pictures and videos to determine if the person who […]
Technology giants Adobe, Microsoft Tuesday each released security updates and issued an upgrade for Flash Player and for Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft discharged only four updates to connect around 15 security gaps to Windows and related programming. From now and into the foreseeable future, a portion of the information focuses right now in the individual overhauls will be lumped […]
Shadow Brokers is an emerging new group of black-hat hackers that has been making headlines lately for posting about prevailing vulnerabilities and exposing exploits out in the public. They became famous when they stole and sold “powerful” spying tools developed by the NSA (National Security Agency) and suspected of being used by another notorious group […]
Automatic updates have been the most irritating and annoying feature of the otherwise decent version of Microsoft’s Windows 10. Users became so disturbed by this feature that even Microsoft became worried and noticed a sharp decline in users of its latest version of Windows. Many were switching back to older versions just to avoid automatic […]
Update: Microsoft has informed Fossbytes about a correction statement from the DOD which is to clarify the misleading language of the contract announcement. The contract doesn’t provide DOD, the rights to access Microsoft’s proprietary source code. DOD Statement: “The Department of Defense does not, and will not, have access to Microsoft’s proprietary source codes. The METSS-II […]
Microsoft today patched a half-dozen critical browser vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed, but apparently not used in attacks as of yet. The critical Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge bulletins are among six released today, along with six others with a severity rating of important. Today’s patches cap off a year in which there was […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft is planning to introduce tons of new features in its Windows 10 Creators Update. The company is looking to add more functionalities in Windows 10 Linux subsystem and Windows console to make things easier for developers. This step is also seen as Microsoft’s way to erase the boundaries between Windows and Linux. […]
Huge tech companies, such as facebook, Google, and Microsoft, are in the race of bringing internet connectivity to unconnected components of the world via wireless gadgets, flying drones, high-altitude balloons, and laser beams. However, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has massive plans for bringing low-cost internet service international, and all of it starts in space. Personal […]
It is a fact that around 8% of the world’s populace cannot see colors properly, that is, some people cannot distinguish between colors the way others can do. For instanceIf, something has shades of red and green, it won’t be properly and accurately viewed by some. Medical science categorizes people as colorblind and non-colorblind individuals […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft’s recent announcement to join the Linux Foundation has stirred news waves around the world. Assumptions are made that this is Microsoft’s strategy to kill Linux. However, executive director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin said that Microsoft is a changed company now. The technology world was shocked when Microsoft was diagnosed with cancer, earlier […]
Short Bytes: At the Connect(); conference, Microsoft surprised the Linux community by announcing that the company is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. In the recent years, Microsoft has been sincere about the development of various open source projects and it’s another step in the same direction. Microsoft–considered as a rival to the […]
A new Flagship Android Smartphone just took place in market and in public’s heart by Google a few days back. Google claimed that they most secure android smartphones ever. But these phones were hacked by a group of Chinese hackers. Google Pixel phone which was recently hacked in PwnFst hacking competition 2016 by a team […]
Short Bytes: In a surprising turn of events, Brazil has decided to ditch its open source model and adopt Microsoft software in government departments. The government has asked the departments to express their needs of Microsoft software until November 11. The lack of skilled developers to develop specific open source software for the government is […]
Microsoft Edge was pwned twice while VMware WorkStation 12.5.1. was also compromised — In return, the hackers received a large amount of money. At the Power of Community security conference that is being held in Seoul, Thursday was the day the security community was waiting for as it was the PwnFest 2-16 event day. At then […]