Microsoft breaks network connectivity for many Windows 8 and 10 users just in time for Christmas – what a lovely gift. It’s related to the network stack (obviously) but seems to be specific to DHCP, so if you statically assign your LAN addresses (like most of us probably do) then you’ll be alright. And if […]
So it seems like getting rid of Ballmer was the best thing Microsoft has done in years, Satya is definitely pushing them in a much more positive direction with a focus on Azure and open sourcing technology and moves like this OpenSSH on Windows! A real show of support for open source technology and a […]
There has been a lot of back and forth between the US government and China when it comes to cyber-terrorism or cyber-espionage, valuable secrets being sought out by both sides. For political and commercial purposes, and if you’ve watched any movies lately you’ll know the ‘China Hackers’ are almost super human. This time the Chinese […]
So it looks like Microsoft has been a little heavy handed in this case, the case of dynamic DNS provider No-IP serving up malware. I would imagine most of us have utilised a dynamic DNS service at some point to map a dynamic IP address to a memorable domain. It seems that malware folks have […]
So during the past weekend, Microsoft confirmed an Internet Explorer 0-day that is actually being used in targeted online attacks. Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution It will be interesting to see if they push an out of band patch for this one or just wait for the next Patch Tuesday. It’s […]
It hasn’t been too long since the last serious Internet Explorer 0-day, back in November it was used in drive-by attacks – Another IE 0-Day Hole Found & Used By In-Memory Drive By Attacks. And earlier last year there was an emergency patch issued – Microsoft Rushes Out ‘Fix It’ For Internet Explorer 0-day Exploit. […]
