Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability discovered
Carnegie Mellon University which operates the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for the U.S. Department of Defense has published an article about a vulnerability in the […]
Tag: Vulnerability
Dell SupportAssist Tool leaves PCs vulnerable
If you are using the latest Dell laptops or the PCs, just be careful of using the Dell SupportAssist Utility. This pre-installed utility reportedly exposes […]
Report says Microsoft Office is the top target for attackers
According to the latest report from Kaspersky. Microsoft Office products are the number one target for hackers. As part of the presentation, Kaspersky said that […]
Solid State Drives that support hardware encryption may not be that safe
Solid State Drives (SSD) are the future, and they’ll one day replace Hard Disk Drives (HDD) as the default hardware for storing files on computers. […]
New vulnerability allows hackers to access your computer when in Sleep mode
F-Secure has recently discovered and reported a new vulnerability for Windows as well as Mac OS based laptops. This vulnerability will allow hackers to steal encryption keys […]
Local privilege escalation vulnerability found in Windows Task Scheduler
A recent finding published by CERT (Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University) in its Vulnerability Notes Database highlights a worrying situation. The report suggests the […]
Security fixes for the Meltdown vulnerability actually made Windows 7 less secure
It appears that Microsoft’s patches earlier in 2018 for the Meltdown flaw actually caused Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to be less secure. In […]
BranchScope is the latest vulnerability for CPUs made by Intel
A team of researchers from College of William & Mary, University of California Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University of Qatar and Binghamton University demoed a new […]
Two-decade old bug still causes Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 to crash
It’s not a rare occurrence that the operating systems crashed due to renaming the files/folders in a particular way. In fact, way back in the […]
Mitigate security threats by removing excessive User Privileges, says report
In today’s highly advanced digital world, security against data stealing and threats have taken the center stage. One of the major security threats for the […]
Rising security vulnerabilities make it imperative that you keep software updated
Many folks who use Windows tend to be upset at times without amount of software updates Microsoft releases. This hasn’t been a lot when compared […]
BadTunnel vulnerability has a massive security impact for all Windows
A recently discovered, but now patched BadTunnel vulnerability for Windows PC was recently unveiled by a security researcher Yang Yu. Microsoft addressed the flaw in […]
Badlock vulnerability affects Windows and Samba
As per the recent update, a bug called as Badlock will be disclosed in Windows and Samba on April 12th, 2016. According to the report, […]
New Exploit allows attackers to disable Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
A recent report suggests vulnerabilities in Microsoft EMET tool can be exploited to disable all protections it enforces for other applications in Windows. Microsoft’s Enhanced […]
Vulnerability in Kaspersky prevented users from getting crucial software updates
A component of the Kaspersky Internet Security was found to be preventing its users getting timely security updates or browsing even the safe websites. The […]
