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Microsoft Windows is far and away the world’s most popular desktop operating system, managing over a billion machines daily. You can argue which version is the best, though there’s very little debate over which is worst (here’s looking at you Windows ME). But regardless of its ups and downs, there’s no denying the impact Windows has had since its inception in 1985. In the time since, we’ve seen the platform enjoy a brief stint on mobile, power a new wave of handheld gaming PCs, and even pull a no-show by skipping Windows 9 entirely.

In 2008, however, we almost saw Microsoft do the unthinkable. The company had begun working on an all-new operating system built from the ground up to replace Windows entirely: “Midori.”

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Nach einem Einbruch beim Cloud-Anbieter Mobile Guardian aus dem Vereinigten Königreich haben Einbrecher in den IT-Systemen der Kunden größeren Schaden angerichtet. Sie haben etwa in Singapur tausende Geräte aus der Ferne gelöscht, die Mobile Guardian mit seinem Mobile-Device-Management (MDM) verwaltet.

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CRT monitors generate images by directing electron beams onto a phosphorescent screen, creating a pattern of light that forms the visible display. This process involves high-frequency signals that radiate from the monitor, which hackers found they could capture using specialized equipment. The shift to LED screens with HDMI cables made doing this much harder as digital signals are more complex and involve higher frequencies.

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Prominent Chinese hacker group StormBamboo (alternately known as StormCloud or Evasive Panda) successfully compromised an ISP and several MacOS and Windows devices on those networks, reports cybersecurity organization Volexity. Specifically, insecure protocols like HTTP were hijacked to alter DNS query responses and supplement intended automatic software updates with MACMA (MacOS-targeted malware) and MGBot/POCOSTICK (Windows-targeted malware), as well as subsequent malicious Google Chrome extension installation.

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Ein Sicherheitsunternehmen hat fünf Apps im Google-Play-Store ausgemacht, die von einer bekannten Spionageplattform stammen. Sie sind seit zwei Jahren aktiv und sollen unter anderem Anmeldeinformationen der Nutzer stehlen.

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