This post brought to you by HP MPS. The content and opinions expressed below are that of 404 Tech Support. In this month's batch of Windows Updates, Microsoft included KB3170005 in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-087 to address a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on most versions of Windows and Windows Server. The proof-of-concept shows this is done … [Read more...]
Avast to acquire AVG for $1.3 billion
Antivirus company Avast announced this morning that it is in agreement to acquire fellow security company AVG. From the Avast blog: Under an agreement signed with AVG, Avast will be making an offer ($25 per share or about $1.3 billion in total) to buy all shares of AVG’s stock which AVG’s board is recommending their shareholders accept. Both companies share a similar … [Read more...]
How to report abuse and security issues on Microsoft services
A suspicious website was reported and it was rather convincing. The website was impersonating Microsoft and with Microsoft's latest Windows 10 pushes, it did not seem implausible. Part of the disguise was the fact that the site was running with an Microsoft Azure subdomain. Even with a little bit of research, you might be convinced that the site is legitimate and belongs to … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hardware fixes their Twitter link problem
I stumbled upon a minor problem while looking into a Microsoft Hardware issue. The Microsoft Hardware Twitter account used to be at @MSFTHardware. They stopped tweeting to the account in 2013 and transitioned to just tweeting to the @Microsoft account. There's nothing wrong here. It makes sense for Microsoft to consolidate their publications on Twitter. In the beginning … [Read more...]
GoToMyPC resets all users’ passwords
Citrix GoToMyPC has published to their status page an incident that has resulted in all users' passwords being reset. As explained in an email to customers, the service was "targeted by a very sophisticated password attack." The status page for this incident reveals little other details beyond a timeline of events. It began yesterday and has been updated to provide … [Read more...]