How to audit Windows Task Scheduler to detect attacks
Learn how to prevent attackers from using Task Scheduler to hide and set up tasks to access Windows systems.
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How to protect Windows 10 PCs from ransomware
Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:53:00 -0800
CryptoLocker. WannaCry. Petya. Bad Rabbit. The ransomware threat isn’t going away anytime soon; the news brings constant reports of new waves of this pernicious type of malware washing across the world. It’s popular in large part because of the immediate financial payoff for attackers: It works by encrypting the files on your hard disk, then demands that you pay a ransom, frequently in Bitcoins, to decrypt them.
But you needn’t be a victim. There’s plenty that Windows 10 users can do to protect themselves against it. In this article, I’ll show you how to keep yourself safe, including how to use an anti-ransomware tool built into Windows 10.
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Read moreCVE-2019-0888: Use-After-Free in Windows ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:58 +0000
Details of the vulnerability we reported to Microsoft and was fixed in last month’s Patch Tuesday<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-BE2g_tELic” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read more16 critical vulnerabilities, some being exploited, fixed in July, 2019 Windows updates
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:15:50 +0000
Russian hackers allegedly have been exploiting two vulnerabilities in the course of attacks<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/iBWRguPLsjk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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