Microsoft has introduced the WSL Subsystem for Linux, which lets users run their favorite Linux distributions directly from Windows 10 without dual-booting or using a virtual machine.Limitations of Windows Subsystem for LinuxWhile this is a step in the right direction for Microsoft, it's not quite there yet in terms of full functionality. Specifically, WSL does not support AF_PACKET for security restrictions. This means that you won't be able to put a Wi-Fi adapter in promiscuous mode (or monitor mode), and tools that require raw sockets to function properly won't work, such as Nmap.Installation the Windows Subsystem for LinuxStep-1:To do so, ... Read More

UAC (User account control ) is a windows IS security that enables a user to perform limited number of admin operations. Overall, it prevents normal users from performing specific actions that could pose a security risk to the system by requiring users to have admin-level permission. For security reasons enabling UAC to detect application installations and prompt for elevation to prevent regular user accounts from installing unauthorized software on clients is a best practice within Windows OS environments.In this tutorial, we shall investigate how to elevate the admin-level right from the end of a normal logged-in user by bypassing UAC ... Read More

The Windows Registry also holds information regarding recently accessed files and considerable information about user activities, besides configuration information. Hence, this article serves the purpose is to provide you with a depth understanding of the Registry and Wealth of information it holds. Today most administrators and forensic analysts, the registry probably looks like the entrance to a dark.Windows RegistryThe system was largely managed by several files-specifically, autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini (on windows) and system.ini. So, various settings within these files determined what programs were loaded and how the system looked and responded to user input, a central hierarchical database that maintains configuration ... Read More

Every time you have to search for something – be it movie reviews or knowledge about something or installing a new app, anything that comes to your mind, you simply go to Google and search for it. Google is our answer to everything, in fact now while writing about Google, I have to rely on Google for all the information.It’s not just me and you, but like us approximately a billion people have made it a home name. Currently, it is the most used browser on Windows, Google has also earned approximately 2 billion active installs within all platforms. The ... Read More

The digital world has always been action packed and aggressively competitive since its existence. With exponentially continuous breakthroughs in the world of science and technology, the tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have been within a perpetual war against each other and the war doesn’t seem to come to an end in the near future.Unlike other kinds of war, whether real or virtual, instead of destructive consequences, this ‘tech-war’ only has constructive consequences bringing an immense amount of productivity for the end users like me and you. This competition in technology has shaped our present and will define our ... Read More

The latest version of Windows for Desktop surfaced in March 2017 with titled version 1703. The latest version has brought many changes starting from Bing search engine integration to Skype video call, all under one roof. Also, Microsoft has added some new font styles to make it even more competitive. Microsoft’s recent work in this regard gives a clear idea on which direction it wants to improve its services. In fact, there are now many competitors in the market that are offering documentation software, such as MS WORKS.They are doing such a good job that Google Docs has also given ... Read More

A Government Organization CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has issued a high priority alert that a new ransomware Locky has spread like ransomware WannaCry which has compromised a huge number of the computer system in the India, which has also affected ATM network and Government offices computers too.The CERT issued a severe threat alert on Saturday and also advised to the users not to open any unknown emails from an unknown sender as it is estimated that an approx. of 23 million emails, messages are sent in the phishing campaign.The studies estimate more than 100 countries in the world have ... Read More

The famous security researcher Tavis Ormandy has recently announced on Twitter that he and his researcher Natalie Silvanovich has discovered a vulnerability called “Remote Code Execution” in recent memory. According to them, the vulnerability will work against the default installation which is “Wormable” has the ability to replicate itself on an infected computer and then spread to the other PCs automatically in the network.Microsoft has announced that their own antivirus is made of Windows 7, 8.0, 8.1 and 10 computers as well as Windows Server 2016, is vulnerable due to the latest released out-of-band update for the patch “Remote Code ... Read More

Since its arrival in March 2017, the new updated version of Windows Excel has grabbed good words of mouth from the global users. It is not new that Microsoft always tries to surprise its users by adding exciting features to its updated applications, this version no 1703 of MS Excel also stands tall in that. The introduction of Dubai Font style and integration of Bing search engine are some few exciting features from the list. Let’s discuss them in a bit detail.Combine BinaryThough, it is not among the newly added features but yet is the improved one than the previous. ... Read More

Now, because of heavy or 24 hours uses of computer at corporate or home place, it becomes a complex and delicate machine. This complex and delicate machine sometime goes wrong while updating BIOS, downloading new drivers, or just surfing the Web. To resolve these issues user does not have to buy an expensive device or replace it with a new one.Microsoft provides a very useful Windows functions called Safe Mode functions. It’s always good to start windows in a safe mode to troubleshoot any kind of issues which give bad effects on the system. Although, using this mode only certain ... Read More