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Windows XP might have gone a long time ago, but every now and then we get to see glimpses of the good old operating system. In the latest one, a developer has managed to run Windows XP on a Bitcoin SV blockchain and put it on the internet as a website. You can play around […]
We have already seen Nintendo Switch running on Android and Linux. Now, it’s Windows XP running on the Nintendo Switch. A Reddit user who goes by the username We1etu1n has revealed how he successfully managed to run Windows XP on the Nintendo Switch. He actually loaded an emulated version of Windows XP that runs via L4T Linux […]
ATM pentests showed alarming results for banks ATMs are vulnerable to a number of basic attack techniques that would allow any hacker with minimal knowledge and resources to steal thousands of dollars in cash. This is assured by an information security and digital forensics firm, whose investigators have analyzed more than 20 different ATM models, finding that […]
Security vulnerability found in ATM machines running Windows XP in Russia. All ATMs that are still running on Microsoft’s 16-year-old Windows XP operating system are at the risk of getting hacked easily, as the OS is no longer supported by the Redmond giant except for emergency security patches (for instance, patch blocking the WannaCry ransomware released […]
When you’re running Windows XP in today’s times, you shouldn’t expect your machine to fully bulletproof against different kinds of malware attacks. Now combine it with some poor implementation on an ATM machine that demands heavy security measures and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. A similar case has been spotted in Russia by an […]
Cyber-security firm enSilo has released a patch for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that will protect against attacks via ESTEEMAUDIT, a hacking tool dumped online by the Shadow Brokers last month, and allegedly developed by the NSA. At the technical level, ESTEEMAUDIT is a zero-day in the RDP protocol used by Windows to open […]
Windows XP wasn’t vulnerable to the WannaCry worm but still could be infected with the ransomware. Now there’s a tool to decrypt Windows XP machines attacked by WannaCry. French security researcher Adrien Guinet has figured out a way to decrypt files locked by the infamous WannaCry ransomware. Guinet has published a free tool, dubbed Wannakey, […]
Short Bytes: A security researcher, who goes by the username lgandx, reported a severe vulnerability affecting Windows versions ranging from Windows XP to Windows 10. Due to the bug, an attacker can take control of the system over the internet and force it to the display the stop error after crashing the LSASS service. Microsoft is […]
Short Bytes: Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia was still running Windows XP and little did they know about the upcoming havoc that was going to haunt them forever. The virus which hit the Windows XP machines almost crept down the entire hospital and its different departments. However, to make things look normal, the hospital kept on […]