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Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix WDAC bypass

Microsoft has asked system administrators to patch PowerShell 7 against two vulnerabilities allowing attackers to bypass Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enforcements and gain access to plain text credentials. […]

18 Oct

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 auth issue impacting Remote Desktop

Microsoft has fixed a known Windows 10 issue causing smartcard authentication to fail when trying to connect using Remote Desktop after installing the cumulative updates released during the September 2021 Patch Tuesday. […]

18 Oct

Credit card PINs can be guessed even when covering the ATM pad

Researchers have proven it’s possible to train a special-purpose deep-learning algorithm that can guess 4-digit card PINs 41% of the time, even if the victim is covering the pad with their hands. […]

18 Oct

Sinclair TV stations crippled by weekend ransomware attack

TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company went down over the weekend across the US, with multiple sources telling BleepingComputer the downtime was caused by a ransomware attack. […]

16 Oct

Windows 11 build 22000.282 fixes CPU performance issues, taskbar bug

Microsoft released Windows 11 preview build 22000.282 yesterday with fixes for AMD CPU performance issues and a bug that displayed the Windows 10 taskbar. […]

16 Oct

Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

Canon USA is being sued for not allowing owners of certain printers to use the scanner of faxing functions if they run out of ink. […]

15 Oct

The Week in Ransomware – October 15th 2021 – Disrupting ransoms

This week, senior officials from over thirty countries held virtual conferences on disrupting ransomware operations and attacks. […]

15 Oct

US links $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified roughly $5.2 billion worth of outgoing Bitcoin transactions likely tied to the top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants. […]

15 Oct

New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

Windows 10 users and administrators report widescale network printing issues after installing the KB5006670 cumulative update and other updates released this week. […]

15 Oct

Twitch downplays this month’s hack, says it had minimal impact

In an update regarding this month’s security incident, Twitch downplayed the breach saying that it had minimal impact and it only affected a small number of users. […]

Category: News

Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix WDAC bypass

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 auth issue impacting Remote Desktop

Credit card PINs can be guessed even when covering the ATM pad

Sinclair TV stations crippled by weekend ransomware attack

Windows 11 build 22000.282 fixes CPU performance issues, taskbar bug

Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

The Week in Ransomware – October 15th 2021 – Disrupting ransoms

US links $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware

New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

Twitch downplays this month’s hack, says it had minimal impact