Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...
Neowin

Microsoft explains how to install WMIC on Windows 11 before its upcoming removal0 0

At the beginning of 2024, Microsoft announced plans to turn off WMIC in the next-gen Windows 11 version as part of its ongoing deprecation. However, WMIC or Windows Management Instrumentation Command, ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft support 'cracks' Windows for customer after activation fails

In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It ...
Computer Weekly

Five command line tools to detect Windows hacks

Let's face it, Windows machines get hacked, and in some environments it happens a lot. Fortunately, Microsoft has built numerous tools into Windows so administrators and power users can analyse a ...