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On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.
EternalBlue [5] is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [6] It is based on a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that allowed users to gain access to any number of computers connected to a network.
The Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC) is a Microsoft protocol used for authentication and secure communication between clients and DCs in a Windows network environment. It facilitates the exchange of authentication data and the establishment of secure channels for communication, enabling clients to authenticate against Active Directory and other network services.
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November: The Anonymous hacktivist collective announced that they have hacked into four Chinese computer databases and donated those to data breach indexing/notification service vigilante.pw. The hack was conducted in order to support the 2019 Hong Kong protests, amidst the Hong Kong police's siege of the city's Polytechnic University.
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At the time of launch, Microsoft deemed Windows 7 (with Service Pack 1) and Windows 8.1 users eligible to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, so long as the upgrade took place within one year of Windows 10's initial release date. Windows RT and the respective Enterprise editions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 were excluded from this offer.
Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909, and Server Core installations of Windows Server, versions 1903 and 1909 [5] SMBGhost (or SMBleedingGhost or CoronaBlue ) is a type of security vulnerability , with wormlike features, that affects Windows 10 computers and was first reported publicly on 10 March 2020.