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Windows security in ’22 — you need more than just antivirus software

February 2, 2022 admin microsoft, Security, small and medium business, windows, Windows 10, windows 11

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:10:00 -0800

Do you need antivirus in 2022 — especially when some options now come with a cryptominer built in?

Several antivirus vendors — some options free, others, paid — have begun bundling their antivirus products with software that generates virtual currency. Of all of the requirements for antivirus, using excess cycles on your computer to generate crypto-coins is not on my list of must-haves.

Recently, Krebs on Security noted that both Norton Antivirus and Avira have told users that versions of their respective software now include a cryptominer. While it’s not enabled by default, it still gives me pause; antivirus is supposed to protect us from such potentially unwanted software, and these two vendors are now including it in their wares.

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ComputerWorld Independent

How to manually update Microsoft Defender

February 2, 2022 admin IDG Insider, microsoft, Security, small and medium business, windows, Windows 10, windows 11

Credit to Author: Ed Tittel| Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0800

Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware package that’s included with modern Windows operating systems. It’s alternatively known as Windows Security (it shows up under Settings as Windows Security) or Windows Defender (sometimes with Antivirus at the end of the name, as in this Microsoft Docs page). But whatever you want to call it, for many Windows users, this tool is the go-to default for handling security on their PCs.

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Independent Krebs

Patch Tuesday, January 2020 Edition

January 14, 2020 admin cve-2020-0601, johns hopkins university, Kenneth White, matthew green, MongoDB, Qualys, Time to Patch, Windows 10

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 02:31:50 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug 50 security holes in various flavors of Windows and related software. The patch batch includes a fix for a flaw in Windows 10 and server equivalents of this operating system that prompted an unprecedented public warning from the U.S. National Security Agency. This month also marks the end of mainstream support for Windows 7, a still broadly-used operating system that will no longer be supplied with security updates.

Microsoft Security

Going in-depth on the Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure

November 25, 2019 admin cybersecurity, entropy system, prng, pseudo-random number generator, random number generation, rng, Windows 10

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:00:33 +0000

We are happy to release to the public The Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure white paper, which provides details about the Windows 10 pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) infrastructure, and lists the primary RNG APIs. The whitepaper also explains how the entropy system works, what the entropy sources are, and how initial seeding works.

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Microsoft Security

New browser extensions for integrating Microsoft’s hardware-based isolation

May 24, 2019 admin browser extension, cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Google Chrome, hardware-based isolation, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Edge, mozilla firefox, phishing, platform security, Threat protection, Windows 10, Windows Defender Application Guard, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 15:50:07 +0000

The hardware-based isolation technology on Windows 10 that allows Microsoft Edge to isolate browser-based attacks is now available as a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. We introduced the container technology in 2017. Since then, we have been evolving the technology and engaging with customers to understand how hardware-based isolation can best help…

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Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 81

March 7, 2019 admin cryptocurrency, Facebook cryptocurrency, news, podcast, Threats, TikTok, Windows 10, Youtube

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:33:39 +0000

In this episode of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, Dave and Jeff take a look at Facebook’s rumored cryptocurrency, TikTok’s fine from the FTC, and the latest issue for YouTube.

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Announcing Trend Micro Security for Microsoft Edge

February 11, 2019 admin browser, Consumer, Microsoft Edge, Windows 10

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:09:26 +0000

Browsing the web securely with Microsoft Edge (the browser recommended by Microsoft for Windows 10 users and the default browser in Windows 10 S-mode) is a safer bet than ever before with Trend Micro Security for Microsoft Edge—a unique three-in-one browser extension that provides web threat protection, ad blocking, and password management, all in…

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (December 10 – 16)

December 17, 2018 admin Android, Bitcoin bomb threat, bug, Facebook, mac malware, passwords, Security world, SMB vulnerabilities, USB sticks, Week in security, Windows 10

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:58:31 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from December 10–16, including facial recognition technology, abandoned USB sticks, even more trouble at Facebook, Google bugs, and more.

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Tags: Android Bitcoin bomb threat bug facebook mac malware passwords SMB vulnerabilities USB sticks windows 10

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