Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Microsoft hacker Itai Grady has created a tool to help protect blackhat scouts from stealing Windows credentials, an effort they hope will make network compromises harder to achieve. The SAMRi10 PowerShell script (the pair say it’s pronounced as samaritan) eliminates The…
Here’s how Microsoft’s chairman is fighting hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Microsoft Chairman John Thompson spent a decade at the helm of security software developer Symantec. Since he stepped down in 2009, cyberthreats have gotten significantly more sophisticated and pervasive, which helps explain his latest bet. Contrast Security, a Silicon Valley The…
What to expect from Microsoft’s Lumia event: Lumia 950, 950 XL, new Surface, new Band
After more than a year of silence, Microsoft is ready to take out the big guns: the new family of Lumia phones, a new Surface Pro 4 tablet and the successor to the powerful Microsoft Band tracker. And this might be just a taste of what’s to come, as the…
Leaked documents reveal Microsoft’s plan to sell mobile to the enterprise using trials
Microsoft has apparently put together a special marketing campaign to help push Windows Phone sales for the enterprise. Microsoft is apparently looking at two different presentation packages for businesses. One uses a “premium packaging concept development,” designed for “decision makers in organizations with large handset opportunities.” The other is a…
Microsoft’s Send app goes Android, makes email feel like IM
Joining the ever-expanding universe of Microsoft Android apps is the new Send messenger now, which offers a way to make email and feel like a chat session. Microsoft’s premise is that email and texting are clunkier ways to communicate, but we still have plenty of contacts inherited from email accounts…
Linux based Boss to replace Microsoft’s Windows as OS for Indian Government
Government of India creates its own Linux based operating system called BOSS Whether be it the countless attacks by Chinese hackers on key government websites or be it Snowden reports, it has exposed the vulnerabilities in the cyberspace. The Government of India has decided to go its own way and…
Cyanogen OS will soon bake Microsoft’s Cortana in the framework of the Android OS
According to Kirt McMaster, the co-founder and CEO of Cyanogen, an upcoming version of Cyanogen OS will bake in Cortana right into the framework of the OS. Unveiled alongside Windows Phone 8.1 and perfected and expanded on in Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, Cortana is one of the most…
ITC rules in Microsoft’s favor, prevents U.S. import ban of Lumia handsets
Microsoft, facing a possible U.S. import ban for its Lumia smartphones, received good news Friday from the International Trade Commission. The ITC decided not to enforce a decision made by a trial judge last April, that ruled in favor of patent troll Interdigital. Microsoft was found to have used two…
Microsoft’s Bing for Android offers its own contextual search feature right now
You might remember the Google Now on Tap feature that is coming with Android Marshmallow (still feels funny to type that). With this feature, you don’t have to leave the page you’re on to get more information from Google Now. For example, let’s say that you open an email on…
Microsoft’s NewsCast app reads the news to you just like a radio does
Microsoft is working on a new app called NewsCast that is supposed to give you a more productive commute by reading the news to you over your phone. While available for iOS devices only, at the moment, the app is being tested internally at Redmond, although you can click on…
