The new antivirus mode is in early access and allows administrators to disable or change tamper protection settings when diagnosing applications or troubleshooting. The feature is only available for enterprises and is disabled by default. The service requires access to Microsoft 365 Defender.
Let me remind you that we also wrote that Windows Defender creates thousands of files in Windows 10 due to a bug, and also that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and [...]
It is difficult for a company to obtain the necessary components for their ink cartridges that validate their legitimacy for their printers.
Therefore, Canon printers often do not recognize genuine cartridges and consider them to be counterfeit, and the company has to explain to customers how they can bypass its own security system.
Semiconductor shortage leads to Canon selling toner cartridges without chips which usually identify them as genuine, so Canon now instructs customers on how [...]According to Bleeping Computer, such warnings mostly appear on Windows Server 2016 systems and says: “Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has detected possible sensor tampering with memory.” These warnings apply to the OpenHandleCollector.exe process.
Microsoft representatives have already told outraged administrators that there is really nothing to worry about, as these are false positives. It is known that at the present time the [...]
The new Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center is essentially a web form that allows users to download a copy of a suspicious driver, which will then be analysed by Microsoft’s automated scanner.
The fact is that in recent years, malicious drivers are increasingly used by major APTs and other cybercriminals. Most often, cybercriminals abuse vulnerabilities in old and unpatched drivers, or even deliberately downgrade and install older drivers into the system (for example, to gain administrator rights on a compromised [...]
Endpoint Security Platform (formerly known as Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection or Defender ATP) may not launch on devices with Windows Server Core installed. The issue is known to only affect devices with KB5007206 on Windows Server 2019 and KB5007205 on Windows Server 2022.
“After installing KB5007205 (or later updates), Microsoft Defender for Endpoint may not start on devices with Windows Server Core installed.”reported in company.It is [...]
The researcher collected statistics for this analysis from numerous honeypot servers, which he manages on duty, studying the trends among attackers:
I analyzed the credentials used in over 25,000,000 brute-force attacks on SSH. In 77% of cases, brute force was directed to passwords from 1 to 7 characters. A password longer than 10 characters was encountered only in 6% of cases.Ross Bevington, a Microsoft expert, told the company.The [...]
It turned out that one of the company’s servers was infected with Sunburst malware.
We identified a compromised SolarWinds server and took immediate steps to contain and eliminate the threat. While we believe that Autodesk’s customer operations and products were not affected by this attack, other similar attacks could have a significant negative impact on our systems and operations.the company said in a statement.An Autodesk spokesman told Bleeping Computer that the attackers did not deploy any malware on [...]
Let me remind you that the SolarWinds hack has become one of the largest attacks on the supply chain in history. In December 2020, it became known that unknown attackers had attacked the company and infected its Orion platform with malware. Of the 300,000 SolarWinds customers, only 33,000 were using Orion, and at the beginning of the year, it was reported that an infected version of the platform was installed on approximately 18,000 customers, according to official figures.
As a result of [...]
The statement said that based on new information that emerged during the investigation of the attack (in particular, the DNS traffic logs), it became clear that the incident affected not 18,000 clients, as previously thought, but only about 100.
Let me remind you that the SolarWinds hack has become one of the largest attacks on the supply chain in history. In December 2020, it became known that unknown attackers had attacked the company and infected its Orion platform with malware. Of [...]
On affected devices, Microsoft Defender places thousands of files in the directory: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans\History\Store
For example, on a test system running Windows 10, version 20H2, there were more than 10,800 objects in this folder. Other users report that in just 24 hours, Microsoft Defender created over 950,000 files, taking up over 30 gigabytes of disk space. Most files are small: 1 or 2 kilobytes.
The error can affect certain operations, such as sync or backup jobs. [...]