Here you will find all the articles with the tag: windows.
Whichever way you look at it, Microsoft's software solutions - and of course, Windows in particular - are still widely used all over the world. But that also means that hackers often focus on these applications in order to be able to carry out attacks. Cybersecurity training and research institute ... Read more
5 years ago
Security researchers have discovered a new botnet called GoldBrute. The botnet attacks Windows systems that have a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection to the Internet. According to researcher Renato Marinho of Morphus Labs, 1,596,571 RDP endpoints have been attacked. This number will most likel... Read more
5 years ago
Almost a million Windows computers are vulnerable to BlueKeep, writes ZDNet. That is less than the previously reported seven million devices, but still a significant number. BlueKeep is a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service, which impacts older versions of the operating system... Read more
5 years ago
A Chinese hacker group is currently scanning the Internet for Windows servers running MySQL databases. In this way, the hackers want to infect systems with GandCrab ransomware. ZDnet calls these attacks somewhat unique. So far, cyber security companies have not seen any actors threatening MySQL serv... Read more
5 years ago
Microsoft has released updates to resolve a critical vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services that affect a number of older versions of Windows. The vulnerability could spread in a similar way as WannaCry did in 2017, says the company in a blog post. Specifically, it concerns a Remote Code Executio... Read more
5 years ago
A recent patch for Windows seems to have caused problems with anti-malware software, writes Ars Technica. In recent days, Microsoft has added more and more antivirus programs to its list of known problems. These include software from Sophos, Avira, ArcaBit, Avast and McAfee. The problems arose after... Read more
5 years ago
A bug in the Windows kernel is actively exploited in cyber attacks to completely take over an affected system. The zero-day leak was discovered and patched by Microsoft last week. The leak was discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers and was also abused in the wild before Microsoft was notified. The ... Read more
5 years ago
Security researcher John Page has published details and a proof-of-concept about a zero-day in Internet Explorer. With the error, hackers can steal files from Windows systems. The vulnerability lies in the way Internet Explorer processes MHT files, writes ZDNet. MHT stands for MHTML Web Archive and... Read more
5 years ago
Microsofts next major feature update has a name: the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. The update will be rolled out to Release Preview testers next week, with a broad rollout to the general public from the end of May. The update was so far known as Windows 10 19H1 and introduces, among other things, a ne... Read more
5 years ago
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview. This brings Windows 10 to build 18358 and contains a number of bugfixes. The build fits within the 19H1 industry, and is part of the next major Windows 10 update that is reported to be available to everyone as early as next month. The new update not... Read more
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