Most Windows users are familiar with Program Files, but AppData and ProgramData play equally important roles. This guide explains how each folder works, which permissions they require, and why certain ...

On newer versions of Windows, you will see a folder named ProgramData on your system drive (usually drive C:\). However, this folder is hidden, so you can only see it if you enable displaying folders ...

Nation-state goons and cybercrime rings are experimenting with Gemini to develop a "Thinking Robot" malware module that can rewrite its own code to avoid detection, and build an AI agent that tracks ...

I'd like to thank my coauthors Adrian Schipor and Martin Zugec for their invaluable contributions to this research. TL;DR This investigation, conducted with support from the Georgian CERT functioning ...

Most Windows users are familiar with Program Files, but AppData and ProgramData play equally important roles. This guide explains how each folder works, which permissions they require, and why certain ...

Windows 11/10 creates a number of system files and folders to support the running of the operating system. The ProgramData folder is one of those important system folders. It contains all the data for ...

The Christmas.exe in Task Manager and the Christmas theme wreath banner that covers half of your screen on Windows 11 are not malware but a new promotional campaign by ASUS on some PCs. It’s causing ...

Microsoft has confirmed that last month's Windows security updates are breaking SSH connections on some Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 systems. This newly acknowledged issue affects enterprise, IOT, and ...

The issue was already reported in the past _#661 (comment) and partly fixed in PR #2568. I also reported it as an security issue: GHSA-pjm7-gvv8-7xwr (https://github ...

Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source Traccar GPS tracking system that could be potentially exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution under ...