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Microsoft Windows TCO and Attacks on GNU/Linux (EEE Method)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 27, 2023

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Organizations Worldwide Targeted in Rapidly Evolving Buhti Ransomware Operation

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> In a recent attack, the Buhti operators used a minimally modified version of the LockBit 3.0 (LockBit Black) ransomware to target Windows machines. The builder for LockBit leaked online in September 2022.

Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years

↺ Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years

> On the blog of tinyapps.org (first spotted by The Register), which provides micro-scale, minimalist utilities for constrained Windows installations, a blog post appropriately titled "Windows XP Activation: GAME OVER" runs down the semi-recent history of folks looking to activate Windows XP more than 20 years after it debuted, nine years after its end of life, and, crucially, some years after Microsoft turned off its online activation servers (or maybe they just swapped certificates).

Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux [Ed: The Register pushing Microsoft agenda; this isn't support of GNU/Linux but an attack on it]

↺ Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux

Azure Linux released at Build – where Microsoft revealed why it did not fork Fedora [Ed: Microsoft mole Tim Anderson moved from The Register to this other site, in which he continues to actively attack and tarnish the Linux brand for Microsoft]

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