Hacked Windows 10 S that was "invulnerable to ransomware"

Windows 10 S It absolutely is ; Ο ισχυρισμός της Microsoft ότι "κανένα γνωστό ransomware" μπορεί να τρέξει στο λειτουργικό της Windows 10 S seems to be unstable.

In a Friday publication by ZDNet, Hacker House security researcher Matthew Hickey said he managed to break the operating system's security in just over three hours.

Hickey was able to achieve remote management control and disable various security settings, leaving the system open for malware attacks.

Hackey started with an old technique known as DLL injection, where malicious code is executed through a process that of the systems consider it non-threatening. Windows 10 S

In this case, the violation occurred with a Word document containing the built-in macros that was needed to bypass the hacker's restrictions on Windows 10 S that are designed not to use applications that do not exist in the Microsoft Store.

Μετά την αποφυγή της προστασίας του Word με τη λήψη του εγγράφου από ένα κοινόχρηστο στοιχείο δικτύου - αντί κάποιου link ή συνημμένο από ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο - ο Hickey θα μπορούσε να εκτελέσει κάποιο κακόβουλο κώδικα με δικαιώματα διαχειριστή.

Using the Metasploit Penetration Testing Software, Hickey managed to obtain the highest possible level of access, with system privileges, and repeated the DLL injection to acquire remote control of the machine.

After all this, as you understand, Hickey could install not just some ransomware but malware he wanted.
The computer was one of the news Microsoft laptop, and it was completely vulnerable.

Microsoft, meanwhile, has denied ZDNet's claim that its own test has proven that Windows 10 S is not vulnerable to ransomware attacks.

"Στις αρχές Ιουνίου είχαμε δηλώσει ότι τα Windows 10 S δεν είναι ευάλωτα σε κανένα γνωστό ransomware" είπε ένας εκof the company.

And he wrote:

"Αναγνωρίζουμε ότι νέες επιθέσεις και κακόβουλα προγράμματα εμφανίζονται συνεχώς, γι 'αυτό δεσμευόμαστε να παρακολουθούμε το τοπίο των απειλών και να συνεργαζόμαστε με υπεύθυνους ερευνητές για να εξασφαλίσουμε ότι τα Windows 10 θα συνεχίζουν να προσφέρουν την πιο ασφαλή εμπειρία στους πελάτες μας."

Clearly, based on Hickey's test, Microsoft's claim does not seem to be right. While Windows 10 S may be less vulnerable to such attacks because of only strictly tested software will run that has been approved by Microsoft, there are still ways that can infect computers running this operating system.

Υπονοώντας η Microsoft ότι το λειτουργικό της σύστημα είναι άτρωτο σε όλα τα "γνωστά ransomware" δεν ήταν και τόσο σοφό. Οι έντονοι ισχυρισμοί στην ασφάλεια προσκαλούν την πρόκληση.

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