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Microsoft:'no known ransomware' runs on Windows 10 S – so we tried to hack it
- mtgx 9y ago> But one common attack point exists. Hickey was able to exploit how Microsoft Word, available to download from the Windows app store, handles and processes macros. Of course that's how they did it.
- infogulch 9y agoI think that makes the hack technically valid for the category, but much less interesting.
- smhenderson 9y agoNo doubt. I get that MS doesn't want to break the sometimes decades old solutions people came up with for around the office by removing VBA but they should offer a version of MSO that simply does not support it. Consumers and younger businesses with no VBA dependencies could buy it and companies that need to can continue to buy a version that supports VBA. The only draw back I can think of is the confusion this could cause when buying. Maybe they could just rip VBA out of Office all together and sell it as an add-on to those who need it.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoA somewhat good idea, but you can disable macros through domain group policy. https://superuser.com/questions/1073060/disable-all-microsoft-office-macros-globally-for-all-users#answer-1073064 https://superuser.com/questions/1073060/disable-all-microsof...
- PaulHoule 9y agoI think few hackers are going to write code to hack the five or six Windows 10 S users...
- SamUK96 9y agoYou make a good point. Although the purported motives for Windows 10 S are somewhat agreeable, like approved apps to stop users downloading malware, the whole concept needs to die in a dumpster fire. You just _know_ that it'll start with not allowing obvious l33t hacker apps onto the store, and swifty end with any app that features a hex color vaguely similar to Pepe the Frog's to be banned because some wannabe buzzfeed writer said that that shade of green is a hate crime (hugely exaggerating here).
- jwommack 9y agoThere is no try; only hacked and soon to be hacked.