reader comments 30 with 0 posters participating Share this story Researchers recently discovered a Windows code-execution vulnerability that has the potential to rival EternalBlue, the name of a different Windows security flaw used to detonate WannaCry, the ransomware that shut down computer networks across the world in 2017. Like EternalBlue, CVE-2022-37958, as the latest vulnerability… Read More »
Enlarge / A billboard showing Windows 8 in Times Square in New York at the Microsoft Store in October 2012. Personal photo from Steven Sinofsky reader comments 144 with 95 posters participating Share this story On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8, a hybrid tablet/desktop operating system that took bold risks but garnered mixed… Read More »
reader comments 29 with 26 posters participating Share this story Researchers have revealed a never-before-seen piece of cross-platform malware that has infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including small office routers, FreeBSD boxes, and large enterprise servers. Black Lotus Labs, the research arm of security firm Lumen, is calling the malware Chaos,… Read More »
reader comments 58 with 48 posters participating, including story author Share this story A critical code execution zero-day in all supported versions of Windows has been under active exploit for seven weeks, giving attackers a reliable means for installing malware without triggering Windows Defender and a roster of other endpoint protection products. The Microsoft Support… Read More »
Enlarge / Forget bendable mobile phones—we’re holding out for working mobile phone plushies. reader comments 26 with 21 posters participating, including story author Share this story The WireGuard VPN project announced a major milestone for its Windows users today—an all-new, kernel-mode implementation of the VPN protocol called WireGuardNT. The new implementation allows for massively improved throughput… Read More »
reader comments 116 with 71 posters participating Share this story The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities—one in Windows and the other in Linux—that allow hackers with a toehold in a vulnerable system to bypass OS security restrictions and access sensitive resources. As operating systems and applications become harder to hack, successful… Read More »
reader comments 39 with 29 posters participating Share this story An emergency patch Microsoft issued on Tuesday fails to fully fix a critical security vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that allows attackers to take control of infected systems and run code of their choice, researchers said. The threat, colloquially known as PrintNightmare, stems… Read More »
Enlarge / Dell has released a patch for a set of vulnerabilities that left as many as 30 million devices exposed. Artur Widak | Getty Images reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story Researchers have known for years about security issues with the foundational computer code known as firmware. It’s often riddled… Read More »
reader comments 148 with 121 posters participating Share this story Rumor has it Calibri is already working on its goodbye note. Nathan Mattise Calibri made its big debut as the Microsoft standard with Windows Vista Andrew Cunningham …and it held onto its position during Microsoft’s most notable moment of aesthetic transition in the last 15… Read More »
reader comments 39 with 32 posters participating Share this story A team of advanced hackers exploited no fewer than 11 zeroday vulnerabilities in a nine-month campaign that used compromised websites to infect fully patched devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, a Google researcher said. Using novel exploitation and obfuscation techniques, a mastery of a wide… Read More »