Cortana Stealing Windows 10 Passwords & Photos
Cortana, Microsoft’s AI-based smart assistant, could help attackers unlock your system password. As one of their flagship features, Cortana comes built into every version of Windows 10.
Publicly known as CVE-2018-8140, this vulnerability has been given a severity rating of Important by Microsoft. Normally something this invasive would be rated as critical, but, in this case, physical access to the device is needed. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute commands with elevated permissions.With the latest patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has pushed an update to address this easily exploitable vulnerability in Cortana. It’s also recommended that you disable Cortana on the lock screen of your devices.As with every Patch Tuesday release, Syxsense is prepared to simplify your patch deployment. Our device health indicators visually show which devices need updates. Then you can easily target the vulnerable devices and deploy the needed patches.
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