Microsoft accidentally published a new build of Windows 10 for PCs and mobile devices. As it turned out, the update incapacitates smartphones and tablets, triggering an infinite loop of reboots. Build 16212 is not intended for release, but mistakenly been sent to insiders, and even some users are not taking part in the Windows Insider […]
In a blast from the past, a European researcher has uncovered an easy bug in the NTFS file system that constantly crashed Windows Vista to 8. 1 PCs. Like the notorious Windows 95/98 /con/con bug, by entering a record name with “$MFT” the file-system bug locks up Windows best case situation or dumps it into […]
The most machines hit by the WannaCry ransomware worm in the cyber-attack earlier in may were running Windows 7, security organizations suggest. Much more than 97% of the infections seen by Kaspersky Lab and 66% of those seen by BitSight used the older software. WannaCry started spreading in mid-May and, so much, has infected more […]
Laptop manufacturer gives a lot of time of their device driver for Windows battery life. Linux performs same as well as windows on the same hardware but it is not necessary to have as much battery life. Linux is much better when we using a laptop. But still, we have to do something to improve […]
Web page and Intel Security (McAfee) products excluded from ‘Wild West’ payouts scheme. Intel has launched its first bug reward program, offering rewards of up to $30, 000. The processor chip maker has partnered with specialist bug reward costume HackerOne to make a scheme that aims to encourage hackers to search for a defect in […]