Criminals have been caught trying to sneak a malicious package on to the popular Node.js platform npm (Node Package Manager).
Tag Archives: Microsoft
Serious Microsoft crypto vulnerability – patch right now
It’s a big one. Don’t wait around, get your updates right now!
Windows 7 computers will no longer be patched after today
Today’s the day. The balloon goes up. The ship goes down. The patches fall behind. The crooks pull ahead.
Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)
A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now […] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.”
‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.
What’s behind Putin’s old-school operating system?
Reports surfaced this week that the president of Russia is still using Windows XP as his primary operating system.
December Patch Tuesday blunts WizardOpium attack chain
December 2019’s Patch Tuesday updates are, including a fix for the Windows flaw used in recently discovered WizardOpium attacks.
Windows 10 Mobile receives its last security patches
If you’re one of the tiny hardcore still using Windows 10 Mobile, 10 December 2019 is probably a day you’ve been dreading for nearly a year.
Microsoft looks to Rust language to beat memory vulnerabilities
Microsoft is pressing ahead with an ambitious plan to de-fang common vulnerabilities hiding in old Windows code with the help of Rust.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee publishes plan to save the web from ‘digital dystopia’
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has proposed a ‘Contract for the Web’ to rescue it from a headlong plunge into a moral abyss.