Credit to Author: Rutuja Mane| Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:01:48 +0000
What is WSL? The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a resource inside the Windows operating system that…
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Read moreCredit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:47:18 +0000
Microsoft has released an all-new Windows 11 Operating System (OS). This article highlights the new features in Windows…
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Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:10:00 -0800
Do you need antivirus in 2022 — especially when some options now come with a cryptominer built in?
Several antivirus vendors — some options free, others, paid — have begun bundling their antivirus products with software that generates virtual currency. Of all of the requirements for antivirus, using excess cycles on your computer to generate crypto-coins is not on my list of must-haves.
Recently, Krebs on Security noted that both Norton Antivirus and Avira have told users that versions of their respective software now include a cryptominer. While it’s not enabled by default, it still gives me pause; antivirus is supposed to protect us from such potentially unwanted software, and these two vendors are now including it in their wares.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:45:00 -0800
With the latest Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) preview for iOS, Microsoft has taken another step that should make life easier for IT administrators who need to secure remote iOS devices at the endpoint.
The MDE preview includes a new capability to install Defender for Endpoint remotely and automatically on any devices enrolled in the service. The company first announced its intention to deliver the feature last month.
In practice, this seems relatively friction-free.
Credit to Author: Ed Tittel| Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0800
Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware package that’s included with modern Windows operating systems. It’s alternatively known as Windows Security (it shows up under Settings as Windows Security) or Windows Defender (sometimes with Antivirus at the end of the name, as in this Microsoft Docs page). But whatever you want to call it, for many Windows users, this tool is the go-to default for handling security on their PCs.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:08:36 +0000
Since last two days, the Internet is rife with news around a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SMBv3.1.1 compression mechanism. Today, on 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band patch to address this vulnerability. As per Microsoft release information, it’s a remote code execution vulnerability in the…
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:58:56 +0000
What’s the difference between a scheduled security update and one that’s out-of-band? In this case, it’s two days.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OqgpMudTrew” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:47:00 -0700
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily not in my laptop). Word emerged that Microsoft had accidentally leaked news about a new Server Message Block (SMB) bug with a maximum severity rating, a.k.a. SMBGhost. The leak also said that this bug wasn’t patched in that day’s releases.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:06:00 -0700
It’s always a good idea to pause Windows updates just before they hit the rollout chute. This month, we’re facing two extraordinary issues that you need to take into account. Wouldn’t hurt if you told your friends and family, too.
Take last month’s Windows patches. Please. We had one patch, KB 4524244, that slid out on Patch Tuesday, clobbered an unknown number of machines (HP PCs with Ryzen processors got hit hard), then remained in “automatic download” status until it was finally pulled on Friday. We had another patch, KB 4532693, that gobbled desktop icons and moved files while performing a nifty trick with temporary user profiles. Microsoft never did fix that one.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:07:46 +0000
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