Tag: Protestware

  • News Week Ending July 3, 2022

    Windows Autopatchby Artie Kaye An upcoming feature being rolled out for Windows Enterprise E3 in July:  The Autopatch.  This is designed to patch all computers on a business network to prevent possible errors from version compatibility and maintain security updates.  These patches will install automatically as the name implies, without assistance from users.  The autopatch…

  • News Week Ending May 15, 2022

    Pro-Ukraine Protestwareby Artie Kaye An open source contributor modified dependency files they developed.  The modifications were to cause damage to Russian computers.  The altered dependencies were only uploaded for less than a day, however, another modified file was added shortly after, with a non-malicious message added.  In recent months there has been an increased focus…