Windows Defender security warning is a type of scareware or a phishing scam.
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CVE-2022-30190 Exploit
This refers to a means of launching the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT) which can be via a URI from a malicious source avoiding normal security checks including browser protected mode.
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This can be a problem in some organisation that rely on anti-virus scans of storage devices as it doesn’t come in a file stored on the computer. Instead it is injected directly into memory.
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Yet more scams. This one is about on-line music stores but can be applicable to other goods. See this link on aboutguitars.uk
NetFlix Scam
A new scam going around by email. Pretending to be NetFlix this scam is fairly obvious providing you are paying attention.
What are Meltdown/Spectre?
You will have seen a lot in the news about these two threats to the devices that you use and / or manage.
‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ are two related, side-channel attacks against modern CPU microprocessors that can result in unprivileged code reading data it should not be able to.