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After lots of ups and downs, the Windows 10 October Update is finally back on its track. Microsoft has started pushing the October update to Windows 10 users automatically. In other words, the Windows 10 October update aka version 1809 would be (hopefully) free of any significant bugs and glitches. For you, it also means that […]
Windows 7 users have exactly one year of free extended support left. Microsoft has announced that it will no longer release updates or security fixes for the operating system after January 14th, 2020. So users still have one year to upgrade to Windows 10 before the updates stop rolling out altogether. However, Microsoft will continue to provide security updates […]
The incident took thousands of users by surprise Microsoft launched in recent days two software updates that, according to reports of experts in network security, would have bricked some Windows 7 computers by mistake. The incident was presented after the implementation of the security update of January 9th, identified as Microsoft Monthly Rollup update KB4480970, […]
Today, Microsoft has rolled out another build for the Windows Insider users in the Fast Ring. Although the Windows 19H1 build 18312 does not contain a lot of changes, it does bring a few essential features to the table. Here is are the critical changes in the latest Windows 19H1 build. Reserved Storage For Update Reserved Storage is […]
It seems like Microsoft will be solving one of the biggest problems Windows user face — “insufficient storage space” in the next Windows 10 19H1 update. With the 1903 feature update, coming in April this year, Microsoft has announced the introduction of a feature called “Reserve Storage” for managing storage on Windows. Under this, Microsoft […]
Microsoft introduced many system processes in Windows 10 with the best of intentions. However, they have gradually become a pain in the neck. SuperFetch is one such process that causes high disk usage in Windows 10 PCs, resulting in sluggish performance. Windows users, at some point in their lives, have faced high disk usage because […]
This is the fourth zero-day vulnerability in Windows revealed in December 2018 A cybersecurity researcher has revealed the code to exploit critical zero-day vulnerability present in the Windows operating system, the fourth security error of this class presented during the last month of 2018. According to specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, this […]
A new remote code execution flaw affects the Microsoft browser Cybersecurity experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that Microsoft has just launched an urgent security update to correct critical zero-day vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser. According to reports, there is evidence that some malicious hackers have been exploiting this vulnerability in the […]
The Group Policy Editor is one of the many important features of the Windows 10 Pro version that Home users never get to see. Although Windows 10 Home consists of the Registry Editor as a replacement, it is nowhere near the Group Policy Editor. Most Windows Settings tweaks can be accomplished by forcing values on the Windows Registry. However, at times there […]
There seems to be a general belief among the people that Mac OS is safer than Windows. We know many reasons why the public is convinced that on Mac their data is safe and protected. One of the reasons is, of course, related to recent Microsoft events or should we say scandals when they admitted […]
The company recommends users to update their systems as soon as possible, because among the errors found there are zero-day vulnerabilities Last Tuesday Microsoft has launched a new round of security updates for the Windows operating system and other Microsoft products, reported experts in digital forensics and cybersecurity from the International Institute of Cyber Security. This month, […]
When it comes to defending Windows, Microsoft has never been able to catch up with some of the best antivirus software in the market. However, this new feature of Windows Defender (Windows 10 built-in antivirus) will likely push it upward in the list. In a blog post, Microsoft has announced that the Windows defender can now run within a […]
Researchers discovered a new malware that abusing two legitimate windows files and use it against compromised victims to steal sensitive information. One file wmic.exe is a command line utility and the other file certutil.exe is a program that manages certificates for Windows. These files are used for download the payload on the infected windows machine […]
Microsoft is alread already having a lot on its plate for these past few days. And it appears October couldn’t get any worse for the company. A new zero-day vulnerability discovered by a researcher @SandboxEscaper can be exploited to delete files without any permission. As Bleeping Computer notes, the vulnerability, which affects all the Windows 10 versions, can be […]
A security researcher named Sebastián Castro has uncovered a way of gaining admin rights and boot persistence on Windows PCs that is not only simple to execute but hard to stop as well. RID Hijacking This technique manipulates a parameter of Windows user accounts named Relative Identifier (RID). Account security identifiers (SIDs) that define a user’s permissions group, […]
A zero-day flaw has been revealed by a Twitter user SandboxEscaper, for the Windows Task Scheduler in 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 systems. Apparently, this vulnerability is out in the wild, and there are no known patches or specific workarounds at present. US-CERT has confirmed that the exploit works on 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows […]
The flaw was found in a completely updated system A cyber security organization researcher has publicly disclosed the details about new zero-day vulnerability present in Microsoft’s Windows operating system that could help a local user or malicious programmer gain system privileges on the targeted machine. It was also confirmed that the zero-day vulnerability was found on a […]
A new zero-day exploit for Windows VBScript Engine discovered that belongs to North Korean cyber criminals gang called Darkhotel which is the same gang behind another Zero-day flaw “double kill” that affected IE browser. This new zero-day attack spotted in July by security researchers from Trend Micro that helps to exploit the code execution vulnerability in […]
In another interesting research work presented at Black Hat USA 2018, a group of researchers from Kzen Networks and Isreal Institute of Technology’s Ron Marcovich and Yuval Ron has revealed a flaw in Cortana that allowed them to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary codes. Dubbed as ‘Open Sesame,’ the flaw exploits a computer […]
Microsoft Launching Dedicated Program To Manage Windows 10 Related Updates… But with a Monthly Fee. Microsoft has always referred to Windows 10 as a service, which we suspected was a hint that the software giant may at some point start charging some fee for the maintenance of the OS. Now, a report suggests that it […]
Microsoft first introduced the functionality to use a USB drive or SD card as a memory cache in Windows Vista in the form of a feature known as ReadyBoost. The feature was also inherited to Windows 7 and later versions, but with the ability to configure more than one USB drive for ReadyBoost. So, what […]