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With every Windows 10 feature update, Microsoft is giving more and more recognition to their latest design language called Fluent Design System (Project Neon). Released in 2017, it comprises of five fundamental elements, including Light, Depth, Motion, Material, and Scale. These building blocks help in the development of numerous visual effects you see in different […]
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 […]
New Windows 10 build includes fixes for unbootable AMD CPUs for those who didn’t patch them manually. Microsoft has released build 16299.214 of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to bring yet another round of bug fixes. This release marked the third cumulative Windows 10 version 1709 update in January and includes the fix for […]
Since the time I came to know that a thing called currency conversion exists, I have been using Google Search to know the exchange rate for the currencies of different nations. On your desktop devices, many of you might have Googled something like “convert 12 dollars to euros”. You don’t even have to click on […]
There are more than a billion websites existing on the web today. But the average number of websites a netizen visits on a regular basis might be less than 10 per day. When talking about everyday computer usage, after the PC boots up, a person has to open a web browser, type the URL in […]
As you use Windows 10, you do Bing searches, control Cortana with your voice, browse the web using Microsoft Edge. All that information is collected by Microsoft to make the personalized for the users, they say. It’s just like what Google does for Google account users. You can view some information collected by Windows 10 in the […]
About 16 months ago, a Google Project Zero researcher found a critical bug in a password manager named Keeper. The bug allowed Keeper to inject its trusted UI into untrusted web pages with a content script. This allowed websites to steal user passwords using techniques like clickjacking. In a surprising development, Tavis Ormandy, the same researcher, […]
If you’re a regular Windows user, it’s next to impossible that you haven’t heard about the web browser named Internet Explorer. In fact, chances are high almost every Windows users might have opened IE at least one in their digital lifetime because some stubborn website only supported IE. It’s a known fact that many people hated […]
As using and configuring an SSH shell is very easy on any Linux or macOS machine, these operating systems have been a popular choice among developers and sysadmins. In recent times, Microsoft has tried to change its attire and tried to lure developers with the help of new features like Bash on Ubuntu on Windows […]
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 […]
Security researchers from Endpoint Security firm Ensilo discovered a new Evasion technique dubbed Process Doppelgänging which works with all the versions of windows and can Evade well-known security products forensics tools. Doppelgänging introduced in BLACKHAT EUROPE 2017, with Doppelgänging they load and execute an arbitrary as, like a legitimate process, it is similar to Process […]
In my previous post, I showed a number of ways of gaining SYSTEM privileges. The post ended up being a lot more successful than I thought it would, so thanks to everyone who checked it out ? In this post I wanted to take a look at something which I touched on previously, and that […]
Most of the third-party software that resides on your computer can access the internet and there are few offline-only programs being developed. But there are times when you might not want certain programs installed in your system from gaining access to the internet. Like, for instance, you might not want it to continuously check for […]
From time to time, the security researchers continue to make us realize that Windows operating system is full of loopholes that can be exploited by hackers to steal our data. One such vulnerability was patched by Redmond in recent patch Tuesday. This patch deals with a dangerous attack that could help an attacker to steal […]
Keeping your PC protected using some digital lock is more than a necessity nowadays. While most Windows users prefer the password-based sign-in method, there are other different sign-in options and ways to unlock Windows 10. In the past, Fossbytes has written about various smart lock options on Android. Now, in this post, I would like to […]
With the rise of ransomware attacks like WannaCry, Petya, and Bad Rabbit, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has brought “Controlled Folder Access” which can stop ransomware exploits in a computer by blocking unauthorized access to folders. Controlled Folder Acess comes as a part of Windows Defender Exploit Guard and blocks malicious executable files, scripts, and DLLs from accessing […]
Windows 8 and 10 come with a “driver signature enforcement” feature that imposes restrictions on driver installation. This feature allows installation of drivers that are digitally signed by Microsoft. To install unsigned drivers, you have to disable driver signature enforcement. Moreover, disabling this feature becomes necessary if you are a developer and want to test a […]
Windows Speech Recognition was introduced in Windows Vista Operating System and allows a user to control a computer through voice commands, without the need of a keyboard or a mouse. With the help of speech recognition, users can dictate text within documents and e-mails, control the operating system user interface, move the mouse cursor, and […]
The Fall Creators Update is being pushed out as a part of Microsoft’s bi-annual update routine for Windows 10. It’s the fourth big update — to promote Windows as a service — released by Microsoft since Windows 10 first came to market in 2015. The other three updates were Anniversary Update, November Update, and Creators […]
Recently, you might have heard a lot more about Windows Mixed Reality. It’s a platform created by Microsoft to put some virtual objects in your real world. One of the reasons to get confused about Windows Mixed Reality is the naming itself because MR is quite similar to VR which you have known for a […]
What is Windows 10 S? How is it different? At an event in May 2017, Microsoft announced a new Windows 10 version, named Windows 10 S. It can be called a Windows 10 Pro with a locked-down mechanism that discourages the installation of any software unless it’s being downloaded from Windows Store. This new operating system […]