Microsoft pushes emergency fix for Windows 10 KB5001330 gaming issues
Microsoft has released an emergency fix for gaming issues introduced by the Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 20H2 KB5001330 update.
With this release of the KB5000842 of the Windows 10 preview cumulative update at the end of March and in the subsequent release of April's KB5001330 update, Windows 10 users have been experiencing performance issues when playing games.
Government Data Breach
We recently learned that the US government was a victim of multiple data breaches within various federal agencies. As you’d expect, all of the details are not yet known, but the Commerce Department has acknowledged that it was a target by attackers. The group responsible is believed to be linked to Russia. Cybersecurity analyst Mark Wright of Sentinel One, commented on the attack, stating, “It’s been said on a scale of one to 10 this is probably an 11 for the type of attack, the magnitude and the potential damage it’s done.”
Kali Linux to Default to Non-Root User With 2020.1 Release
The Kali Linux distribution is going to switch to a new security model by defaulting to a non-root user starting with the upcoming 2020.1 release.
This change will come with the release of the 2020.1 version scheduled for late January 2020, but users can already test it via the daily builds.
They will also be able to test it by downloading and running the weekly images released until Kali 2020.1 will be officially available.
How to Stop Microsoft From Testing New Features in Edge
The Chromium-based Edge will launch later this month and Microsoft has started sharing essential information about the browser, including how to disable various features in your environment.
Microsoft Products Reaching End of Life in 2020
Several major Microsoft products will reach their end of support during 2020, with Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (including 2008R2), and multiple Windows 10 versions including 1803 and 1903 being some of the most important ones.