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The “Your Windows is Banned” malware dates long back to late 2016. Back then, the users saw a message that their Windows installation had been frozen due to the violation of Microsoft’s terms. The message further mentioned that one needs to call a Microsoft tech support phone number. If one called on the number shown […]
We’ve been hearing the phrase “year of the Linux desktop” from times immemorial. The FOSS and Linux community tosses up this idea at the beginning of a new year and expects the Linux adoption to rise exponentially in the upcoming months. While a complete Linux dominance in the desktop scene looks like a far-fetched dream, […]
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 […]
In our professional lives, stuff happens like this man who a few months ago accidentally destroyed production database on the first day of his job or this engineer from Amazon whose minor typo brought the entire Internet Network of Amazon down. In a similar incident, a software developer recently claimed that he accidentally and permanently deleted three months of his work […]
Short Bytes: Just recently, Microsoft has expanded its bug bounty program and covered all areas of Windows operating system. According to the new announcement, there are many ongoing programs which can help you earn up to $250,000. Specifically, it covers Windows Insider Preview, Windows Defender, Windows Hyper-V, Microsoft Edge, etc. Back in 2013, Microsoft joined […]
CowerSnail Last month, a group of hackers who exploited SambaCry, a 7-year vulnerability in remote code execution in Samba network software to hack into Linux and install encryption malware- CowerSnail, was reported. The same group of hackers now run Windows machines with a new backdoor, which is a re-compiled version based on the same malicious […]
Security Researcher Nils Dagsson Moskopp PoC shows that windows executables can infect Linux Systems. This Vulnerability(CVE-2017-11421) exists with the gnome-exe-thumbnailer version prior to 0.9.5. Moskopp named this vulnerability as Bad Taste, this vulnerability resides with gnome-exe-thumbnailer that used by Gnome files. Also Read Vault 7 Leaks: CIA Hacking Tools “BothanSpy” and “Gyrfalcon” Steals SSH Credentials […]
Microsoft is known for giving away e-books related to its products, but this time, the company has come up with something different or rather call it a treasure trove for readers. Microsoft is giving away what they are calling the “largest” free Microsoft eBook giveaway.” Yes, you can now download millions of free Microsoft eBooks. These e-books discuss […]
Ubuntu Linux for Windows 10 Released Two months ago, Ubuntu Linux for Windows 10, Microsoft announced plans to allow users to install three different Linux operating systems: Ubuntu, Fedora, and SuSE, directly through the Windows Store, allowing them to run Windows and Linux applications alongside. Windows and Linux on the same line? Yes, you’ve felt […]
Microsoft announced that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be installed on any Windows Insider build=>#16215. Windows and Linux always closer. During the Microsoft Build developer conference held in Seattle in May the company announced that three free Linux distro will be included in its official app store, allowing Microsoft […]
Two implementations of the Kerberos authentication protocol received patches this week against a vulnerability that allowed a threat actor to bypass authentication procedures. The vulnerability was discovered by a team of three researchers, who dubbed it “Orpheus’ Lyre.” Researchers tracked down the flaw to Kerberos versions released in 1996. The bug affects two of the […]
Security experts have discovered a method of bypassing Windows PatchGuard protections and hooking malicious code into the Windows kernel, which allows an attacker to plant rootkits on systems previously thought to be impregnable. PatchGuard, known under its official name of Kernel Patch Protection (KPP), is a security feature for Windows 64-bit editions that prevents third-party […]
The crusty SMBv1 file-sharing protocol, abused by a NSA exploit last month that spread WannaCry, will be removed from Windows 10 starting with the upcoming Redstone 3 update. “We can confirm that SMBv1 is being removed for Redstone 3,” a Microsoft representative told Threatpost. Redstone 3, a code-name for the Fall Creators Update, will […]
Short Bytes: Similar to 2015’s link of death bug in Chrome, a Windows bug has been unveiled. This bug affects NTFS filesystem and allows a malicious website to try and load images with special filenames like $MFT to crash your system. This bug affects Windows Vista, 7, and 8.1. Microsoft has been informed about this […]
Short Bytes: By combining a flaw in the working of SMB networking protocol and Windows .scf files, a security researcher has come up with a unique Windows hacking method. Just by accessing the folder with a specially crafted .scf file, a user will end up sharing the computer credentials via Chrome and SMB protocol. The […]
Just by accessing a folder containing a malicious SCF file, a user will unwittingly share his computer’s login credentials with an attacker via Google Chrome and the SMB protocol. This technique is not new, but a combination of two different techniques, one taken from the Stuxnet operation, and one detailed by a security researcher at […]
Microsoft brought open source Linux to closed walls of Windows 10 with the help of WSL, i.e., Windows Subsystem for Linux. This achievement was made possible by partnering with Canonical. As a result, the developers and regular users were able to run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 natively. Now, at Build 2017, Microsoft has revealed […]
Snake, also known as Turla and Uroburos, is backdoor malware that has been around and infecting Windows systems since at least 2008. It is thought to be Russian governmental malware and on Windows is highly-sophisticated. It was even seen infecting Linux systems in 2014. Now, it appears to have been ported to Mac. Fox-IT International wrote […]
Short Bytes: The researchers from Google Project Zero have revealed a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Windows. The attacker doesn’t require any software to take the advantage of the serious bug. Microsoft is expected to fix the bug on May 9 Patch Tuesday release, followed by a detailed report by the researchers. Update (May […]
At the moment there are more than 40,000 businesses in the United States alone using the NetSuite ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) platform, which should speak for itself in terms of efficiency. However, if you aren’t familiar with a cloud-based ERP, there are some key functions that just might highlight why this particular business management system […]
Did script kiddies use DoublePulsar code released by NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers? Security experts believe that tens of thousands of Windows computers may have been infected by a highly advanced National Security Agency backdoor. The NSA backdoor was included in last week’s leak by the mysterious group known as Shadow Brokers. DoublePulsar, as the NSA implant […]