Windows 10 NTFS Corruption Bug Gets Unofficial Temporary Fix Developers have released an unofficial fix for a Windows bug that could lead to the corruption of an NTFS volume by merely viewing a specially crafted file. Earlier this month, BleepingComputer reported that a Windows 10 bug was discovered by security researcher Jonas Lykkegaard that Read more…
ProtonVPN Causes Windows BSOD Crashes Due To Antivirus Conflicts ProtonVPN is working on fixing a bug causing Windows blue screen crashes affecting customers using the latest versions of the company’s Windows client software. The BSOD crashes don’t affect all users and are caused due to conflicts with unnamed antivirus software solutions. Read more…
Windows 10X Feature Will Prevent Unauthorized Factory Resets Windows 10X is a new streamlined version of Windows designed for security and performance that Microsoft announced in 2019 and plans to launch in Spring 2021 on a new range of devices. Many details so far have been scarce, but thanks to Read more…
Windows 10 KB4598298 Update Fixes Crashes And Restart Issues Microsoft has released the KB4598298 update for all editions of Windows 10 and Windows Server versions 1809 and 1909, with fixes for unexpected system restart issues, system crashes due to BitLocker, and multiple LSASS issues. After installing the KB4598298 non-security preview Read more…
New Windows 10 Update Leaks Info On Upcoming 21H1 Feature Update A Windows 10 20H2 cumulative update released to Insiders on the ‘Release’ channel leaked that the next feature updated will be 21H1. When Microsoft releases new feature updates, it typically alternates between releasing them as a full-featured update or Read more…
Windows Remote Desktop Servers Now Used To Amplify DDoS Attacks Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers are now being abused by DDoS-for-hire services to amplify Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The Microsoft RDP service is a built-in Windows service running on TCP/3389 and/or UDP/3389 that enables authenticated remote virtual Read more…
Windows 10X: A Closer Look At Microsoft’s New Operating System Windows 10X was announced way back in 2019 and it’s finally launching later this year on a new range of 2-in-1s/notebooks from Microsoft partners. Unlike Windows 10, Windows 10X would be simple, sleek, faster, and more secure. For those unfamiliar, Read more…
Windows 10 Bug Causes A BSOD Crash When Opening A Certain Path A bug in Windows 10 causes the operating system to crash with a Blue Screen of Death simply by opening a certain path in a browser’s address bar or using other Windows commands. Last week, BleepingComputer learned of Read more…
Windows Finger Command Abused By Phishing To Download Malware Attackers are using the normally harmless Windows Finger command to download and install a malicious backdoor on victims’ devices. The ‘Finger’ command is a utility that originated in Linux/Unix operating systems that allows a local user to retrieve a list of Read more…
Windows 10 Bug Corrupts Your Hard Drive On Seeing This File’s Icon An unpatched zero-day in Microsoft Windows 10 allows attackers to corrupt an NTFS-formatted hard drive with a one-line command. In multiple tests by BleepingComputer, this one-liner can be delivered hidden inside a Windows shortcut file, a ZIP archive, batch files, or various other vectors Read more…
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