Software Updates

Intel Fixes Critical Flaw in Corporate Remote Management Platform Image: Intel Intel today addressed nine security vulnerabilities with the release of the September 2020 Platform Update, one of them being a critical flaw impacting the Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM) platforms. Intel ATM is part of the Intel vPro platform, which spans Intel Core vPro and Intel Xeon processors, and Read more…

Windows 10 Starts Bundling Servicing Stack Updates With Cumulative Updates Microsoft has released quality improvements to the Windows 10 servicing stack, the OS component that enables customers to receive and install Windows updates. KB4577266, the latest servicing stack update (SSU) also comes with a change in the way future SSUs Read more…

Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday Fixes 129 Vulnerabilities Today is Microsoft’s September 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be scrambling as they install updates and try to resolve bugs caused by them. Be nice! With the September 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates release, Microsoft has released fixes for 129 Read more…

Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4571756 & KB4574727 Released Today is the second Tuesday of September 2020 and important security updates/cumulative or ‘B’ updates are now available for all supported versions of Windows 10. As always, the updates are available for installation when you check for updates in the Settings and click on Read more…

Google Chrome Starts Blocking Ads That Slow Down The Browser Google is rolling out a new feature that allows the Google Chrome web browser to automatically unload web ads that use a disproportionate amount of system resources as part of an effort to reduce the browser’s network and CPU footprint. Read more…

Adobe Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities In InDesign And Framemaker Adobe has released security updates to address twelve critical vulnerabilities that could make it possible for attackers to execute arbitrary code on devices running vulnerable versions of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Framemaker, and Adobe Experience Manager. The rest of the total of 18 security Read more…

Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Bug Causing Excessive SSD Defragging Microsoft has fixed a bug in the Windows 10 version 2004 defragger that caused SSD drives to be defragmented too often. In June 2020, after the Windows 10 May 2020 Update was released, we reported that the operating system’s automatic maintenance feature contained numerous Read more…

Windows 10 Sandbox Activation Enables Zero-Day Vulnerability A reverse engineer discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in most Windows 10 editions, which allows creating files in restricted areas of the operating system. Exploiting the flaw is trivial and attackers can use it to further their attack after initial infection of the target Read more…

Windows 10 Themes Can Be Abused To Steal Windows Accounts Specially crafted Windows 10 themes and theme packs can be used in ‘Pass-the-Hash’ attacks to steal Windows account credentials from unsuspecting users. Windows allows users to create custom themes that contain customized colors, sounds, mouse cursors, and the wallpaper that the operating Read more…

How To Remove Unwanted Apps From Windows 10 Most Windows 10 devices come with bloatware in some form or another. Bloatware is a rather subjective term and can range from your OEM’s apps to Microsoft’s own apps that do nothing but take up precious space and get in your way Read more…