Warning Issued As Hackers Give Microsoft Windows The Finger: Report

Cybercriminal hackers will try anything to get their potential victims to give up their account credentials and, ultimately, their data. From asking X users to review their tweets with a fake DMCA notice, to using multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in a single attack, and even deploying VPN apps to entrap unwitting users. But one of the most commonplace threats currently employed by attackers uses the least commonplace of technical tactics. Here’s how hackers are giving Microsoft Windows users the finger, and why you need to take it very seriously indeed.

ForbesBad News For Microsoft Windows 10 Users — Another Security Update FailBy Davey Winder

What Is The Finger, And Why Are Hackers Employing It Against Microsoft Windows Users?

As reported by Lawrence Abrams, editor in chief at Bleeping Computer, hackers are using the most unlikely of technical tactics to entrap users of Microsoft Windows. And with excellent success rates, it…