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The Windows 10 finger command is used to display all information about the user's system on a remote machine, but the feature is being abused by hackers

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Jan. 16—Windows 10 has a very malicious bug that can be easily triggered. This Windows 10 bug, first discovered by security researcher Jonas L, can be hidden inside a ZIP file, a folder or even a Windows shortcut. If the ZIP file is extracted or an infected folder is open, the bug will be acti

Serious Windows 10 flaw could corrupt your hard drive if you open a folder A security researcher has revealed details of a strange bug that could result in an NTFS hard drive becoming corrupt in Windows 10, as well as the unsupported Windows XP. What makes the bug so serious and unusual is that it can be triggered without the user having to open a file. The bug -- which has been shown to have been around for three years or so -- can cause a hard drive to be corrupted if a user simply views the ...

Twitter Inc.’s (NYSE:TWTR) social media platform, according to security researcher MalwareHunterTeam. What Happened: The Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO is one of the most prominent Twitter users and cryptocurrency giveaway scams are present in replies to a majority of his tweets. According to MalwareHunterTeam, the number of people falling prey to such scams has however surged over the past week, Bleeping Computer reported. Scammers hack verified Twitter accounts — change the name to “Elon...

Get Permission A new leaks site claims to be selling data from Cisco, FireEye, Microsoft and SolarWinds that was stolen via the SolarWinds supply chain attack. While all four organizations are confirmed victims, security experts question whether the offer is legitimate and note that it parallels previous efforts, including by Russia, designed to foil hack attack attribution. The appearance of the leaks website comes just four weeks after cybersecurity firm FireEye discovered and issued a publ...

The DarkMarket criminal website shut, hacker gets 12 years in prison, digital currency thefts and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday January 13th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. To hear the podcast click on the arrow below: If you’re tired of hearing about COVID and impeachment, here’s some good news: DarkMarket, believed to be the largest criminal website for buying and selling illegal goods, has been shut by the com...

A Hacker Remotely Penetrated Bluetooth Chastity Belts, Demanding Victims Pay Ransom Share Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Who would’ve thought we’d live in a world where even sex toys can be hacked, but here we are. A hacker managed to use ransomware to control a...

minute read Share this article: Capcom, the game developer behind Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Dark Stalkers, now says its recent attack compromised the personal data of up to 400,000 gamers. A ransomware attack launched against gaming company Capcom last November keeps getting worse. The company now says that the personal data of up to 400,000 of its customers was compromised in the attack — 40,000 more than the company originally thought. Capcom is a Japan-based publisher ...

Some T-Mobile customers’ call records may have been accessed in a recent breach The company said the hackers did not access customer names, financial info, or passwords Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile suffered a security breach in December that may have exposed call-related information and phone numbers for some of its customers. First reported by Bleeping Computer, the information affected by the breach did not include names on customers’ accounts, physi...