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Sin City’s chief information officer says incident response playbooks and muscle memory limited the incident’s impact locally.
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A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online. Crowdstrike said a fix has been deployed, but experts say the recovery from this outage could take some time, as Crowdstrike’s solution needs to be applied manually on a per-machine basis. Continue reading Global Microsoft Meltdown Tied to Bad Crowstrike Update
George Kurtz, CEO of the software firm, said a fix is being deployed and the issue is not due to a cyberattack.
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Windows 10 updates released as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday appear to be making life hard for some printer users. Continue reading Microsoft promises to fix Windows 10 printer problem
When is a bug not a bug? That’s the question raised by researcher Marius Tivadar’s latest Windows-crashing proof of concept. Continue reading Windows-crashing bug not patch-worthy, says Microsoft
Thanks to auto-play, it’s possible to crash Windows systems by simply inserting the drive into the USB port, no further user interaction necessary. Continue reading USB Sticks Can Trigger BSOD – Even on a Locked Device
Microsoft on Tuesday released 14 security updates, including fixes for the Spectre and Meltdown flaws detailed last week, as well as a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office that is being exploited in the wild. Separately, Adobe pushed a security update to its Flash Player software. Continue reading Microsoft’s Jan. 2018 Patch Tuesday Lowdown
Tara Seals for Infosecurity Magazine: Tech Support Scam Malware Fakes the Blue Screen of Death “The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is one of the most-dreaded sights for Windows users. Adding insult to injury, a new malware is making th… Continue reading Fake BSOD, Fake Tech Support
Even in the absence of encrypted files, no one wants a Blue Screen of Death.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Windows XP ‘did not contribute much’ to WannaCry infection totals
A few years ago, [Kingpin] a.k.a. [Joe Grand] (A judge for the 2014 Hackaday Prize) designed the most beautiful electronic prank ever. The BSODomizer is a simple device with a pass-through connection for a VGA display and an infrared receiver. Plug the BSODomizer into an unsuspecting coworker’s monitor, press a button on a remote, and watch Microsoft’s blue screen of death appear. It’s brilliant, devious, and actually a pretty simple device if you pick the right microcontroller.
The original BSODomizer is getting a little long in the tooth. VGA is finally dead. The Propeller chip used to generate the video …read more
