Microsoft Warns Of 'Devastating' Cybersecurity Threat To Windows Users: Here's What You Need To Know

Microsoft's threat protection intelligence team has warned of a "significant and growing" cybersecurity threat that can deliver a devastating payload. The FBI has warned about how high impact a threat ransomware is, and now Microsoft is adding to the voices of vigilance. While ransomware threats such as the newly discovered strain of NetWalker that can inject malicious code right into the Windows 10 explorer executable process are bad enough, they are but the tip of a very worrying cyber-iceberg. The Microsoft threat protection intelligence team has described in comprehensive detail how one type of ransomware attack poses a significant and growing threat, particularly to business users, calling it one of the "most impactful trends in cyberattacks" that we face today. The good news is that despite being able to deploy what Microsoft refers to as devastating payloads, the attacks and the fallout that follows are preventable.