Windows Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Stories
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Silicon Angle ☛ Taiwan’s Foxsemicon falls victim to LockBit ransomware attack
Taiwanese semiconductor maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, has been hijacked by the LockBit ransomware gang, which made a ransom demand. The Taipei Times reported today that the Foxsemicon website showed a message in English that claimed that 5 terabytes of data had been stolen.
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Security Week ☛ US Gov Issues Warning for Androxgh0st Malware Attacks
A joint advisory from CISA and the FBI warns about Androxgh0st malware attacks ensnaring devices in a botnet.
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TechRadar ☛ Microsoft admits that latest backdoored Windows 10 update has a peculiar error – and it’s working to fix it ASAP
A small security update for backdoored Windows 10 that tagged along with January’s main system update has been causing trouble for some users, prompting ‘installation failure’ errors on some PCs.
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Security Week ☛ Microsoft: Iranian APT Impersonating Prominent Journalist in Clever Spear-Phishing Attacks [Ed: Microsoft spewing out arrogant propaganda while its own back doored software lets Iran take over critical systems]
Microsoft says an APT with links to Iran’s military intelligence is impersonating a prominent journalist in clever spear-phishing attacks.
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Security Week ☛ GitHub Rotates Credentials in Response to Vulnerability
GitHub rotates credentials and releases patches after being alerted of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub .com and Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Enterprise Server.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Major security flaws found in popular UEFI firmware impact top tech companies
Researchers at French cybersecurity research company Quarkslab have discovered nine vulnerabilities in TianoCore EDK II, an open-source Unified Extensible Firmware Interface used by various hardware and software manufacturers. A modern firmware standard, UEFI is integral to booting operating systems on modern computers and bridging communication between the hardware and operating system.