Microsoft extends support for EMET, but its days are numbered
The days of EMET, Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit for Windows, are numbered. Although, the company has listened to the customers’ pleas, and is …
Post-pumpkin Patch Tuesday: What’s in store for November
There has been a lot of activity since October’s Patch Tuesday. During that short period of time, Oracle released its quarterly CPU, including an update for Java JRE; Adobe …
Latest Windows zero-day exploited by DNC hackers
Due to Google’s public release of information about an actively exploited Windows zero-day, Microsoft was forced to offer its own view of things and more information …
65% of Windows devices still running Windows 7, released in 2009
To analyze the current state of device security, Duo Security analyzed more than two million devices, 63 percent of which were running Microsoft operating systems. Seriously …
Google warns of actively exploited Windows zero-day
Google has disclosed to the public the existence of a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-7255) that is being actively exploited in the wild. According to Neel Mehta and …
New code injection attack works on all Windows versions
Researchers from security outfit enSilo have uncovered a new code injection technique that can be leveraged against all Windows versions without triggering current security …
Review: IS Decisions UserLock
According to a Rapid7 survey, 90% of organizations are worried about compromised credentials and around 60% say they cannot catch these types of attacks. French IT security …
MBRFilter: Cisco open sources tool to protect the Master Boot Record
Cisco’s Talos research team has open sourced MBRFilter, a tool that aims to prevent a system’s Master Boot Record (MBR) getting overwritten by malware. The latest …
October Patch Tuesday: Changes, urgent updates and what’s coming next
The leaves aren’t the only things changing this October. Patch Tuesday is here and with it comes some interesting updates from big names in the software space. This month, …
Unlocking Windows 10 PCs with smartphones, wearables, smart cards
With Windows 10, Microsoft is slowly moving towards removing passwords as the main authentication method for users to log in to their (locked) computers. Windows Hello, the …
OS analysis tool osquery finally available for Windows
Nearly two years after Facebook open sourced osquery, the social networking giant has made available an osquery developer kit for Windows, allowing security teams to build …
Microsoft equips Edge with hardware-based container
Microsoft has announced a new capability that will make its Edge browser the most secure web browsing option for enterprises: Windows Defender Application Guard. Windows …