Shine a light ✨ on the #Cybersecurity practitioners who are quietly succeeding & making breakthroughs every day in advancing security. Now accepting nominations through Monday, October 24, 12:00 pm EDT. ➡️ Nominate Now: sans.org/u/1nf5 #SANSDMA

Intel confirms leaked Alder Lake UEFI firmware source code is authentic (includes private key): bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… #Intel #Firmware #UEFI #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Hacking #TPM #SecureBoot

My next SANS SEC505 training events are in Nov and Feb, as well as the OnDemand recordings, but, even if you don't attend, all my teaching scripts are free in the public domain at BlueTeamPowerShell.com

VirtualBox 7.0.0 is now available with SecureBoot and TPM 2.0 for better Windows 11 support, plus several other nice changes: virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog… #Windows11 #VirtualBox #VMware #HyperV #Linux

The recent 22H2 update to Windows 11 can break biometric and PIN logons: neowin.net/news/microsoft… #Windows11 #Windows11Pro #WindowsHello #Biometrics

With the latest update applied, all Windows versions can now block brute-force password attacks against the local Administrator account: support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb… The update also requires password complexity for the admin account. #Windows11 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #BlueTeam

How to enable the new Smart App Control in Windows 11, including when you will need to reinstall the entire OS (yikes): windowscentral.com/software-apps/… #Windows11 #SmartAppControl #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #BlueTeam

Windows 10 version 21H1 will reach end of servicing support on 13.Dec.2022: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/… What does "end of servicing support" mean? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycl… #Windows10 #WSUS #Intune

Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available: cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/… #WindowsServer #Azure #WindowsServer2022

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 to unofficially get two more years of updates: neowin.net/news/windows-7… #Windows7 #WindowsServer2008 #WindowsServer #WSUS #MicrosoftUpdate #WindowsUpdate

Does SANS have a course where you write a PowerShell ransomware script in a lab and then defend against it? Yes! BlueTeamPowerShell.com SEC505 does not require any prior scripting experience, we learn #PowerShell for #BlueTeam #CyberSecurity #InfoSec together (SANS Cyber Defense 🧢).

1950s programming of an automatic lathe, but without a computer, paper tape or punchcards: youtube.com/watch?v=rFVz9c… Debugging with a screwdriver (while keeping all of one's fingers attached)...

Microsoft releases an out-of-band update to address SSL/TLS failures on Windows 11: support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/oc… #Windows11 #Crypto #TLS #SSL #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

New Windows 10 version 22H2 security baseline from Microsoft: techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-s… This covers the Administrator account lockout feature too. #Windows10 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #BlueTeam

Windows Terminal is now the default console app in Windows 11 version 22H2: bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft… Remember, Windows Terminal wraps PowerShell, it doesn't replace it. #PowerShell #WindowsTerminal #Terminal #Windows11 #VSCode

AMD, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA announce "Caliptra" as their open specification for a silicon Root-of-Trust in CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, NICs, and future ASIC or SoC devices: phoronix.com/review/caliptra Whither Intel? #ASIC #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Intel #AMD #SoC #Caliptra #FOSS #OCP

#PowerShell 7.3-rc1 is out! github.com/PowerShell/Pow…. Barring any issues reported, we should be on track for GA next month.

VMware is giving away Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use: theregister.com/2024/05/14/vmw… #VMware #VirtualBox #HyperV