More recently, we talked that the IT community has also returned to discussing inappropriate and offensive terminology under the influence of Black Lives Matter protests that swept across the United States (and not only). Linus Torvalds did not stand aside and approved excluding the terms slave, blacklist, and others from the Linux kernel code. Many… Continue reading Linus Torvalds approved exclusion of the terms slave, blacklist and others from the Linux kernel code
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Hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA
Microsoft analysts have discovered a malicious campaign, in which hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA before they gain access to malicious content in an Excel document. This file contains macros that install on the victims’ machines GraceWire Trojan, which steals confidential information (for example, passwords). Responsibility for this campaign is put on the hacking group… Continue reading Hackers force users to solve CAPTCHA
On June “Patch Tuesday” Microsoft fixed 129 vulnerabilities in its products
“Patch Tuesday” this month became the largest in the history of Microsoft: were fixed at once 129 vulnerabilities. March 2020 with 115 corrections is in second place, and 113 corrections in April 2020 arein a third place. 100 absolutely “ridiculous” Microsoft patches were presented in February “Patch Tuesday”, but among them was the sensational 0-day… Continue reading On June “Patch Tuesday” Microsoft fixed 129 vulnerabilities in its products
Conspiracy theorists accused Bill Gates in creating coronavirus
Microsoft founder Bill Gates fell victim of fake theories that he was allegedly involved in the creation of the coronavirus COVID-19. In fact, conspiracy theorists accused Bill Gates in creation of a coronavirus and intention to achieve material benefits from the pandemic. At TED conference in 2015, Bill Gates argued that the greatest threat to… Continue reading Conspiracy theorists accused Bill Gates in creating coronavirus
Microsoft bought the domain Corp.com, so criminals would not do it
The well-known IS journalist Brian Krebs drew attention to an interesting fact: this week Microsoft bought the domain Corp.com, so that criminals would not do it. The sum of transaction is not disclosed. Krebs first turned his attention to this domain when a man named Mike O’Connor, who owned it for 26 years, put it… Continue reading Microsoft bought the domain Corp.com, so criminals would not do it
Microsoft stopped RDCMan development due to a bug
Microsoft has stopped development of the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) application after it has been identified as vulnerability. As the name suggests, this application allows remotely connecting to other Windows computers through RDP. Windows Live Experience team developed it for the internal use, but since the late 2000s it has become available to everyone… Continue reading Microsoft stopped RDCMan development due to a bug
Researchers found about 700 problematic Microsoft subdomains
Vullnerability researchers found about 700 problematic Microsoft subdomains and captured one of them for demonstration. Michel Gaschet, an information security specialist, reported about the problem back in February, and has been informing Microsoft of its many vulnerable subdomains for many years. “The company has thousands of subdomains at its disposal, many of which can be… Continue reading Researchers found about 700 problematic Microsoft subdomains
Hackers scan network for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
Information security experts warn that hackers are already scanning the network for Microsoft Exchange servers that are vulnerable to CVE-2020-0688, which Microsoft developers fixed two weeks ago. The problem is related to the operation of the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) component and the inability of Microsoft Exchange to create unique cryptographic keys during installation. “The… Continue reading Hackers scan network for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
FSF sent Microsoft developers an empty HDD for Windows 7 sources
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) sent Microsoft developers an empty HDD, asking company to write the Windows 7 source code. At the end of January 2020, in connection with the termination of support for Windows 7, the Free Software Foundation published an open letter and a petition calling on Microsoft to make Windows 7 free… Continue reading FSF sent Microsoft developers an empty HDD for Windows 7 sources
Microsoft fixed 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer and 99 more bugs in its products
Recent February “update Tuesday” became the largest for Microsoft in a long time: within its framework were fixed almost 100 different bugs, including the 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which was already under attack, and 11 other critical problems. Recall that back in January 2020, Microsoft reported a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which the… Continue reading Microsoft fixed 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer and 99 more bugs in its products