Microsoft may have stepped back from building its own wearable devices (at least for now), but it is still working with some vendors in the space. Microsoft’s latest partner here is Token, the maker of the Token biometric ring. Token will use Microsoft’s Windows Hello authentication technology to allow those wearing the rings to log in automatically to […]

Developers with Canonical pushed out a handful of patches for the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu this week, including one that resolves a bug that could have let an attacker cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with a TCP payload. Read more

The outbreak of the ExPetr malware isn’t a ransomware attack, but more precisely, it’s a wiper attack that sabotaged PCs globally, overwriting their Master Boot Record forever.That’s the analysis of security experts from Kaspersky Lab and Comae Technologies who shared their latest research on this week’s outbreak Thursday during a webinar, below. Read more

Technology is now empowering a sea of change in politics and protest. The use of hacking tools is no longer limited to statecraft and cybercrime; hacking tools are weapons available to anyone and everyone. Their use on a highly cyber-connected society means that information itself can now be easily weaponized. These are the perfect tools for

Azure AD Connect is a tool and guided experience for connecting on premises identity infrastructure to Microsoft Azure AD. The wizard deploys and configures pre-requisites and components required for the connection, including sync and sign on. Read more  

I think ransomware developers are purposely trying to screw with us this week. First we had the NotPetya ransomware outbreak, which now researchers feel isn’t a ransomware at all (or was it?), but rather designed to be a destructive malware. Then we have Cerber Ransomware suddenly switching their name to CRBR Encryptor in the ransom note because .. well,

This fall, Microsoft plans to release a new Windows Defender feature called Controlled Folder Access, which blocks and blacklists unauthorized apps from making changes to files located inside specially-designated folders. Microsoft shipped the Controlled Folder Access feature as part of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16232, released yesterday evening. Read more

A bug in systemd — an init system used in many Linux distributions to start and manage processes — allows an attacker to crash or take over machines via malicious DNS packets. Canonical developer Chris Coulson discovered the issue, which is tracked under the identifier of CVE-2017-9445. The vulnerability affects all Linux distros that ship

City of London Police announced they arrested four suspects, two men, and two women, on accusations of running tech support scams. Police say Microsoft played a big role in the investigation after “analyzing tens of thousands of [UK] Action Fraud reports and working with other affected organizations […] to attempt to trace the source of

A draft of the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018” — which approves the budget and policies for US defensive projects — outlines a ban on the usage of Kaspersky Lab software products at DOD facilities under the explanation that the Russian antivirus vendor “might be vulnerable to Russian government influence.” Read more