Israeli Company Working To Not Hack Windows Version

If an Israeli start-up is all the security problems of Windows will soon belong to the past. Morphisec , as the company is called, is working on a Windows version who says he is not hacking. In the first instance, it was the intention to develop a on hacking bar operating system for military applications, such as rockets, and aircraft.

The founders realised then that their work also had commercial applications in preventing zero-day attacks. It is in this case to vulnerabilities for which no security update is available. To protect users from attack memory-specific Windows applications is randomised, so the late founder opposite Business Insider know. Because the memory addresses constantly change, an attacker here not develop and exploit for the leak can not be attacked. Further technical details are, however, not given, and whether and when the operating system is displayed. However, there would now be a beta test.

Adobe Distributes Emergency Patch Attacked Flash Leak

A comprehensive attack on users of Adobe Flash Player remained hidden for two months before it was discovered by security researchers. Before the attack, the attackers were using an unknown vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player which on February 4 this year came with an update. Anti-virus company Malwarebytes, however, that the leak since December 10, 2014 was attacked.

Unlike many zero days, vulnerabilities for which an update is missing, it was not a question of targeted attacks against specific organizations or institutions. Just ad networks were used to attack ordinary Internet users and infect with ransomware and click fraud malware. Once an infected ad was shown a Flash Player user's computer could be infected with the malware.

For the spread of infectious ads used the attackers an ad network that reaches more than 500 million users in their own words. To prevent the attack would stand each visitor got infected ad only see once and were users with a VPN or proxy not infected. According Malwarebytes attackers tried in this way to hide the attack for security researchers and security.

Furthermore discovered the virus fighter that the attackers simply paid for the ads and there was no hacked ad networks. 0.75 cents was paid for 1,000 impressions, but this figure fell to 0.06 cents at less busy times. The ads appeared on separate popular websites, Malwarebytes states that, judging by the use of a zero-day and the execution of the attack, we were dealing with a professional operation. The attacks stopped in the end on February 3, a day after Adobe an emergency patch was announced for the leak.

Microsoft Protects Windows 10 Device With Guard

During the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced a new security measure for Windows 10 that infection of computers and laptops by malware should avoid. With Device Guard , as the hot solution, organizations can systems from both known and unknown malware and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTS) protect, as well as zero-day attacks.

Using the security measure merely changes programs of specific suppliers, the Windows Store or organization authorized. All other software will block Windows 10. Companies can decide which providers Device Guard trust. The solution comes with software that makes it possible for applications that are not signed by the original supplier itself signings, so they can be used anyway.

To determine whether a program is executed to trust the Device Guard hardware and virtualization technology to isolate the decision of the rest of Windows 10, which is intended to protect against attackers or malware to gain system privileges have full knowledge. According to Microsoft, this is a significant advance over traditional virus scanners and whitelisting solutions such as AppLocker, which are vulnerable to manipulation by administrators or malware. Several manufacturers, including Acer, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba, have pledged to support the use of Device Guard on their equipment.