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Researchers Briefly Posted PoC for Windows Print Spooler RCE Flaw
File this under “Oops” (or maybe a stronger language equivalent) – for a brief period of time last month researchers at Sangfor published on GitHub a proof of concept (PoC) for a ...
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23% of Windows in Use is Old, Insecure Win7 or XP
Windows 7 and XP are obsolete, but that hasn’t stopped almost a quarter of Windows users using them. It’s a security nightmare waiting to happen ...
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FBI: Continued Use of Windows 7 Poses Security Risks Given EOL Status
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) warned of the security risks that organizations face if they continue to use the Windows 7 operating system despite its end of life (EOL) status. In ...

Zero-Day Vulnerability in Zoom Affected Windows 7 Users
A zero-day vulnerability affecting the Zoom client for Windows has been discovered that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on remote devices. Only Windows 7 and older OSes were affected, ...

Zoom Zero-Day Flaw Allegedly Allows Full Takeover of Windows PCs
Video conferencing software Zoom is again in the spotlight over an alleged critical vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over the victim’s computer and all data on it. Discovered by ...
Critical Windows Vulnerability, Dating App Security Risk, Apple iOS Privacy Features
Tom Eston | | Apple, Apple iOS, china, Cybersecurity, Dating Apps, geolocation, Grindr, Hinge, Locations, Marketing, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, patching, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Tinder, Vulnerabilities, Weekly Blaze Podcast, Windows, Windows 10, windows 7
In episode 104 for January 20th 2020: Details on the new critical Microsoft Windows vulnerability, why dating apps could pose a national security risk, and how new Apple privacy features are changing ...
Patch or Mitigate Dangerous Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability ASAP
Tony Bradley | | Crypto32.dll, CryptoAPI, encryption, Malware, Man In The Middle, Security Awareness, Windows, Windows 10, windows 7, Windows 8
Qualys is a sponsor of TechSpective Microsoft kicked off the new decade with a bang. Last Tuesday was the first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2020, and one of the patches pushed out ...

Windows 7 Reaches End of Life
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 have reached their end of life, as Microsoft has stopped delivering all updates for the aging operating systems. Microsoft has been warning ...

GCHQ Urges People to No Longer Use Windows 7 PCs for Banking, Email
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is urging people to no longer use computers with Windows 7 installed for banking or email. A spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part ...

Microsoft Security Essentials to Die with Windows 7 in January
Silviu STAHIE | | end of life, Industry News, Microsoft, Microsoft Security Essentials, vulnerability, windows 7
Microsoft says it doesn’t plan to provide security updates for the Microsoft Security Essentials component integrated into Windows 7 after the operating system reaches its end of life in a little over ...