Cybersecurity (General)

New Windows 11 Privacy Feature Lists Apps that Used your Microphone, Camera Microsoft has recently added a new privacy feature that allows Windows 11 users to get a list of all the apps that have recently accessed their sensitive info and devices, including their camera, microphone, and contacts. Added in Read more…

Windows 11 KB5014697 Update Adds Spotlight for Desktop, Fixes 33 Bugs Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5014697 cumulative update with security updates, improvements, and the new Spotlight for Desktop feature that automatically changes your desktop background. KB5014697 is a mandatory cumulative update containing the June 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates for Read more…

Windows 10 KB5014699 and KB5014692 updates released Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5014699 and KB5014692 cumulative updates for versions 21H2, version 21H1, version 20H2, and 1809 to fix security vulnerabilities and resolve bugs. The update has been published for Windows 10 21H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 20H2. Read more…

New ‘DogWalk’ Windows zero-day Bug Gets Free Unofficial Patches Free unofficial patches for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) have been released today through the 0patch platform.  The security flaw (jokingly dubbed DogWalk) is a path traversal flaw attackers can exploit to copy an executable to the Read more…

Windows 11 ‘Restore Apps’ feature will Make it Easier to Set up New PCs Microsoft is working on a new ‘Restore Apps’ feature for Windows 11 that will allow users to quickly reinstall all of their previously installed apps from the Microsoft Store on a new or freshly installed PC. Read more…

New Windows Search zero-day Added to Microsoft Protocol Nightmare A new Windows Search zero-day vulnerability can be used to automatically open a search window containing remotely-hosted malware executables simply by launching a Word document. The security issue can be leveraged because Windows supports a URI protocol handler called ‘search-ms’ that allows Read more…

Windows MSDT zero-day Vulnerability Gets Free Unofficial Patch A free unofficial patch is now available to block ongoing attacks against Windows systems that target a critical zero-day vulnerability known as ‘Follina.’ The bug, now tracked as CVE-2022-30190 and described by Redmond as a Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) remote code execution flaw, impacts all Windows Read more…

Windows MSDT zero-day Now Exploited by Chinese APT Hackers Chinese-linked threat actors are now actively exploiting a Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability (known as ‘Follina’) to execute malicious code remotely on Windows systems. Described by Microsoft as a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) and tracked as CVE-2022-30190, Read more…

Windows 11 KB5014019 Breaks Trend Micro Ransomware Protection This week’s Windows optional cumulative update previews have introduced a compatibility issue with some of Trend Micro’s security products that breaks some of their capabilities, including the ransomware protection feature. “The UMH component used by several Trend Micro endpoint and server protection products is Read more…

Windows 11 Hacked Three More Times on Last Day of Pwn2Own Contest On the third and last day of the 2022 Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking contest, security researchers successfully hacked Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system three more times using zero-day exploits. The first attempt of the day targeting Microsoft Teams failed Read more…