Tag: Windows 10

April 9, 2024

Back in January, we reported on a small security update patch for Windows 10 that brought on a lot of headaches for IT admins and brought on a veritable cavalcade of error codes. Microsoft promised a fix was in the […]

October 28, 2022

Some Windows 10 users have found OneDrive has been broken after installing the latest round of patching for the OS, and Microsoft has now confirmed this issue. As Neowin(opens in new tab) spotted, the problem was caused by October’s patch […]

October 1, 2021

A formerly unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to a long-standing evasive operation aimed at South East Asian targets as far back as July 2020 to deploy a kernel-mode rootkit on compromised Windows systems. Attacks mounted by the hacking […]

April 9, 2021

Security researchers squaring off at the Pwn2Own hacking competition have discovered various vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system. During the first two days of the event, which is run by the Zero Day Initiative, three Windows 10 exploits were […]

October 14, 2020

Tracked as CVE-2020-16898, the issue is triggered when the TCP/IP stack doesn’t handle ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets properly. An attacker could send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows machine to exploit the flaw and execute arbitrary […]

May 29, 2020

Windows 10 release 2004 is out, with a slew of new features. They include several updates to its security and privacy. Here’s what you get when you download it, as outlined in the company’s blog post. Microsoft has updated its […]

January 9, 2020

A new variant of the Clop ransomware which targets Windows 10 apps such as text editors and office applications as well as other processes has been discovered in the wild. When the Clop ransomware first appeared in February of 2019, […]

September 2, 2019

Users looking to reinstall Windows 10 will soon be able to do so just by going online, Microsoft has revealed The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build includes a new option when resetting your PC that will tie to a […]

July 18, 2019

Vulnerabilities in the way Bluetooth Low Energy is implemented on devices by manufacturers can open the door to global device tracking for the Windows 10, iOS and macOS devices that incorporate it, according to research from Boston University. An academic […]

May 27, 2019

Microsoft has begun pushing out its May 2019 Windows 10 update, which will flag Wi-Fi networks that are using the outdated and insecure Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) authentication mechanisms. WEP was introduced in 1997 […]

May 10, 2019

Almost a quarter of organizations will not be ready for Microsoft to terminate public delivery of Windows 7 security updates on January 14, 2020, the official end of support date. They will be increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack until they move […]

April 9, 2019

The Windows 10 May 2019 Update has entered the final stage of testing, with the upgrade expected to be rolled out starting the end of May. In other words, Microsoft has pushed the May 2019 Update to the Release Preview […]

February 18, 2019

Attackers use rootkits to hide malware on a device in a way that allows it to persist undetected over time, sometimes for years. During that time, it can steal data or resources, or surveil communications. Operating system-based rootkits are scary […]

December 14, 2018

Normally, updating system software as frequently as possible would be a good thing. You get new features, patch bugs, and keep your security software up to date with the latest threats. Unfortunately, in the case of Windows 10, it’s a […]

October 18, 2018

An Avecto survey of over 500 individuals from Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States revealed that, while some organizations have already migrated to Windows 10 and are using the move as a catalyst to improve their security […]

February 15, 2018

The launch and growth of new operating systems is mirrored by an increase in reported vulnerabilities. The number of critical vulnerabilities reported for Windows 10 increased 64% between 2016 and 2017. In total, 587 vulnerabilities were reported across Windows Vista, […]

December 18, 2017

A noted Google developer has discovered a troubling flaw in a popular password manager that Windows 10 installs by default. Hackers could get their hands on user passwords via clickjacking and/or malicious code-injection techniques. Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy […]

October 24, 2017

Microsoft protects machines from common attacker behaviors with security updates in Windows 10. Microsoft unlocked a host of new security and management features in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which started rolling out last week. One of its new […]

September 14, 2017

Microsoft is set to further bolster Window 10’s privacy tools in the upcoming Fall Creators Update, having revealed new changes people can expect when they download the free update from October 17. In a blog post Marisa Rogers, Windows Devices […]

May 11, 2017

Microsoft’s Windows 10 is rapidly replacing older operating systems in both personal and professional environments. As with any OS, however, there are several key things you need to know upfront. The addition of unique advertising IDs that inject Microsoft ads […]