Malicious file path can brick Windows 7 and 8
Computers with Windows 7 and Windows 8 contain a bug, which can lead to system hang. All an attacker needs to do is to access a nonexistent file in C:\$MFT\* (ie.: cd C:\$MFT\a).…
Vulnerability in wireless chips in mobile phones
Team Project Zero discovered a flaw in the implementation of wireless chip made by Broadcomm, which can be exploited to run arbitrary code in the context of the chip core and even…
End of Windows Vista support is getting closer
The date for end of support for Windows Vista is set to 11.4.2017. This day onward Microsoft will stop issuing new security patches and hotfixes. Technical support will be also di…
New security patches
New security patches by Microsoft, Adobe and VMware were released yesterday. Microsoft patches 18 vulnerabilities across its products, namely Windows, Office, Internet Explorer an…