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ZDNet Security
Microsoft has restored its instructions for switching from a Microsoft account to a local one in Windows. You can also avoid having to switch in the first place.
ZDNet Security
The company has removed online steps for switching from a Microsoft account to a local one and has killed off a past trick for choosing a local account in Windows 11.
The Hacker News
Parallels Desktop for Mac has a flaw that lets an ordinary local account run code as root, the highest level of access on a Mac, software company JFrog said this week. The attack needs code already running on the machine as a normal user, so it does not work over the network. JFrog says the fix is in Parallels Desktop 27, a version that Intel Macs cannot install. Yuval Moravchick, who leads
Bleeping Computer
A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts. [...]
The Hacker News
Threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication to deploy Akira and Fog ransomware. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos said it has been tracking a series of attacks in the past month leveraging compromised VPN credentials and CVE-2024-40711 to create a local account and deploy the ransomware. CVE-2024-40711, rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the
ZDNet Security
When you set up a new PC running Windows 10 or Windows 11, you have a choice of four types of user accounts, from the old-school local account to the newest, Microsoft Entra ID (fka Azure Active Directory). Here's how to make the right choice.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft is testing new ads in the Windows Start menu, or what it describes as "new treatments," for users logged into local accounts as part of a "badging" expansion. [...]
ZDNet Security
When you set up a new PC running Windows 10 or Windows 11, you have a choice of four types of user accounts, from the old-school local account to the newest, Azure Active Directory. Here's how to make the right choice.