Cybersecurity (General)

Emergency Windows 10 Updates Fix Microsoft Store App Issues Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates on Thursday evening to address a newly acknowledged issue impacting Microsoft Store apps. On affected systems, customers might have problems launching or installing Microsoft Store apps, in some cases also seeing 0xC002001B errors. This known Read more…

Windows 11 Hacked Again at Pwn2Own, Telsa Model 3 also Falls During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, contestants hacked Microsoft’s Windows 11 OS again and demoed zero-days in Tesla Model 3’s infotainment system. The first demonstration of the day came from the @Synacktiv team, who successfully demoed Read more…

NVIDIA Fixes Ten Vulnerabilities in Windows GPU Display Drivers NVIDIA has released a security update for a wide range of graphics card models, addressing four high-severity and six medium-severity vulnerabilities in its GPU drivers. The security update fixes vulnerabilities that can lead to denial of service, information disclosure, elevation of Read more…

What’s New and Improved in Windows 11 22H2, Coming Soon Windows 11 version 22H2 aka Sun Valley 2 is set to launch later this year. Unlike the original Windows 11 release, it won’t be a massive update with radical design changes. Instead, Sun Valley 2 will be similar to Windows Read more…

Windows Admins Frustrated by Quick Assist Moving to Microsoft Store Windows admins have been expressing their dismay at Microsoft’s decision to move the Quick Assist remote assistance tool to the Microsoft Store. Quick Assist allows Windows 10 and Windows 11 users to receive or give assistance to other Windows users Read more…

Windows 11 KB5013943 Update Causes 0xc0000135 Application Errors Windows 11 users are receiving 0xc0000135 errors when attempting to launch applications after installing the recent Windows 11 KB5013943 cumulative update. Yesterday, Microsoft released new Windows cumulative updates to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs as part of the May 2022 Patch Tuesday. These updates Read more…

Windows 11 KB5013943 Update Fixes Screen Flickers and .NET App Issues Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5013943 cumulative update with security updates, improvements, and fixes for screen flickers in Safe Mode and a bug causing some NET 3.5 apps not to open. KB5013943 is a mandatory cumulative update as Read more…

Windows 10 KB5013942 and KB5013945 Updates Released Microsoft has released Windows 10 KB5013945 and KB5013942 cumulative updates for versions 21H2, version 21H1, version 20H2, and 1909 to fix security vulnerabilities and resolve bugs. The update has been published for November 2021 Update, May 2021 Update, and October 2020 Update. Unfortunately, this update Read more…

Hackers are Now Hiding Malware in Windows Event Logs Security researchers have noticed a malicious campaign that used Windows event logs to store malware, a technique that has not been previously documented publicly for attacks in the wild. The method enabled the threat actor behind the attack to plant fileless Read more…

Trend Micro Antivirus Modified Windows Registry by Mistake — How to Fix Trend Micro antivirus has fixed a false positive affecting its Apex One endpoint security solution that caused Microsoft Edge updates to be tagged as malware and the Windows registry to be incorrectly modified. According to hundreds of customer reports Read more…