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Microsoft to fix Windows 10 bug that can corrupt a hard drive just by looking at an icon

Microsoft says it’s planning to fix a bizarre Windows 10 bug that could corrupt a hard drive just by looking at an icon. Security researcher Jonas L first warned about the bug earlier this week, describing it as a “nasty vulnerability.” Attackers can hide a specially crafted line inside a ZIP file, folder, or even… Read more

Windows 10: Security vulnerability endangers the entire NTFS file system

As it turned out, Windows gapes 10 since the version 1803 has a security hole that makes it possible to carry out attacks on the NTFS file system. This can result in the need to reinstall the operating system. For this, attackers do not inevitably have to gain access to their own computer. Executing a… Read more

Windows 10, Microsoft fixes the bug on the Reset this PC option

The bug was introduced with a update package released last year (but later removed from Windows Update). The problem has now been archived by Nino Grasso published 15 January 2021 , at 12: 51 in the Operating Systems channel Microsoft Windows On the occasion of Patch Tuesday in January 2021 Microsoft fixed a known issue… Read more

Best of CES 2021: Laptops from Microsoft, Lenovo, HP, Acer and more

(Pocket-lint) – CES takes place every January – typically in Las Vegas – and while it’s back for 2021, it’s all-digital instead. So while we’ve not been rushing around any real show floors this year, there’s been a lot of virtual running around instead. It’s been a bumper year for laptops at CES 2021, too,… Read more

heise + | Windows 10: Find errors with on-board resources and external tools

Windows 10: Find errors with on-board resources and external tools Standard handles Search specifically for errors Performance Monitoring External tools The hard drive is making strange noises, a file cannot be deleted or small hackers keep appearing. But why is it? Now you can install some third-party diagnostic tools and thus rely on the Search…. Read more

20 years of Wikipedia: Interview with encyclopedia co-founder Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is the face of Wikipedia. He co-founded the online encyclopedia 2001, headed up to 2006 the Wikimedia Foundation, the foundation behind Wikipedia, and has a seat on the foundation’s board of trustees to this day. c’t he answered questions about the origins of the platform, his role in the project and the future… Read more

Facebook is suing Portuguese developers for stolen user data

Facebook has filed a lawsuit in Portugal against two developers based there who are said to have stolen user data from Facebook users. This violates Portuguese data protection regulations and Facebook’s usage guidelines. The developers are said to have used self-programmed browser extensions offered by the company “Oink and Stuff”. These extensions are intended to… Read more

Here’s our first look at Windows 10X in use

Microsoft announced Windows 10X back in 2019 as an operating system designed for use on dual-screen devices. Then last year, the company changed direction, and announced that it would be pivoted to work on single-screen devices, such as laptops. While the OS is yet to release, a near-final working build of the OS has leaked,… Read more

Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle are working on digital vaccination records

A coalition of health and tech companies, which includes Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle, is working on an initiative that aims to make it easier for people to access their COVID-19 vaccination records digitally. As people are beginning to get vaccinated against COVID-19, they may need to prove that they’re vaccinated so that they can return… Read more

Patchday: malicious code attacks on Microsoft Defender

On the first patch day of this year, Microsoft published 64 security patches for ASP .NET, Azure, ChakraCore, Edge, Microsoft Defender, Office , Visual Studio and Windows released. Ten gaps are classified as ” critical “. The remaining patches are marked as ” important “. Patch now! A critical malicious code vulnerability (CVE – 2021… Read more

Technology and Corona: the biggest failures of 2020

Technology has had to save us for almost a year. A pandemic is sweeping the world, there have been dire forest fires, troubled political times and the airy miasm of social media wafts through our lives. 2020 has shown more clearly than ever how technical innovations can help us, but also hurt us at the… Read more

Windows 10: Previously unpatched vulnerability supposed to damage the NTFS file system

A security researcher is currently warning of a vulnerability under Windows 10, probably since version 1803, which should allow attacks on the NTFS file system. Executing a specific, short command via the command line causes damage to the file system – sometimes to such an extent that a new installation is necessary. The Researchers also… Read more

CES: Microsoft: Together against “massive attacks” like SolarWinds

Microsoft President Brad Smith has called on the tech industry to work together to secure critical infrastructures against cyber attacks. The recent Solar Winds attacks against Microsoft and numerous other companies are “an indiscriminate, massive attack on the global supply chain that we must protect together,” said Smith in his recorded keynote at the digital… Read more

Dispute over the use of Microsoft products in digital teaching

Numerous associations have spoken out against the use of Microsoft products on the digital education platform for schools in the south-west. Corresponding plans by the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs should be rejected due to inadequate data protection, announced on Wednesday, among other things, the state student council, the state parents ‘council, the education… Read more

Solar winds: Burglars sell Windows source code and FireEye attack tools

Criminals broke into companies such as FireEye, Microsoft and many US authorities via a back door in the SolarWinds Orion network management software. Now they are supposedly selling their loot on a website called SolarLeaks: 600. 000 US dollars for Windows source code, 500. 000 for source code of Cisco products; and the handcrafted attack… Read more