Microsoft Antitrust and Security Failures
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Kaspersky sues Microsoft over claims Windows 10 is 'incompatible' with third-party AV
In a sensational claim, Kaspersky says that a customer in France was told by a Microsoft representative that "Windows 10 is incompatible with third-party antivirus. It's a shame that you've spent money on a Kaspersky Lab product, but you can't reinstall it without running the risk of the appearance of new bugs."
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Microsoft Targeted by Kaspersky Antitrust Complaint to EU
Kaspersky sent a formal complaint to European Union and German antitrust regulators, saying “hurdles” created by Microsoft limit consumer choice and drive up the cost of security software.
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If hacking {sic} back becomes law, what could possibly go wrong? [iophk: "any Windows machines even sending stray packet will then receive the full force of vault7+"]
Representative Tom Graves, R-Ga., thinks that when anyone gets hacked {sic} -- individuals or companies -- they should be able to "fight back" and go "hunt for hackers {sic} outside of their own networks." The Active Cyber Defense Certainty ("ACDC") Act is getting closer to being put before lawmakers, and the congressman trying to make "hacking {sic} back" easy-breezy-legal believes it would've stopped the WannaCry ransomware.
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Ransomware attack will count as data breach: security pro
Ransomware attacks will be regarded as data breaches under Australia's new data breach legislation that comes into force on 22 February next year, according to the chief cyber security adviser at RSA.
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