On Windows 10, apps can actively defend users from malware
“With Windows 10, Microsoft will be adding a new layer of protection against dynamic script-based malware and non-traditional avenues of cyberattack: the Antimalware …
Windows 10: More security with non-stop patching
Microsoft is ready to abandon the longstanding patching schedule that saw patches and security updates being delivered on the second Tuesday of every month. With the advent of …
Microsoft will add SSH support to PowerShell
Third time’s the charm for Microsoft’s PowerShell team, as they will – after two previous attempts unsuccessful due to leadership and culture – finally …
Trojanized, info-stealing PuTTY version lurking online
“A malicious version of the popular open source Secure Shell (SSH) client PuTTY has been spotted and analyzed by Symantec researchers, and found to have …
May Patch Tuesday delivers critical and important fixes
In this month’s Patch Tuesday Microsoft has released 13 security bulletins addressing 48 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office, and Silverlight.Over half …
Why WinSCP became an open source classic
If you’re a Windows user and you’re connecting securely to remote machines, you’ve probably heard about WinSCP. This multi-functional open source tool has …
Windows 10 spells the end of Patch Tuesday
Microsoft is ready to abandon the longstanding patching schedule that saw patches and security updates being delivered on the second Tuesday of every month. With the advent of …
Attackers actively downing Microsoft’s IIS web servers
Attackers are actively exploiting a DoS vulnerability (CVE-2015-1635) affecting Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) extensible web server, SANS ISC CTO …
Microsoft releases 11 security bulletins
Administrators and security teams are in for a busy day tackling 11 Microsoft security bulletins, Adobe updates and Oracle has pre-announced that their quarterly update …
18-year-old bug can be exploited to steal credentials of Windows users
A new technique for exploiting an 18-year-old bug in Windows Server Message Block (SMB), which would allow attackers to intercept user credentials, had been uncovered by …
LG software disables Windows security feature, developer says
LG Split Screen software that comes with the company’s ultra wide monitors stealthily weakens Windows users’ defenses by deactivating the OS’ User Account …
Windows 10 will let you log in with your face and fingerprint
Windows 10 will be out this summer, available in 111 languages and in 190 countries around the world. In an effort to boost their (legal) numbers in China, Microsoft will …
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