Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...
Khaberni

The One-Letter Trick.. A Fake Domain Spreading Malware to Activate Windows

Khaberni - Recent security reports have revealed the exploitation of a fake electronic domain, very similar to the domain of ...
ZDNet

Microsoft to activate antipiracy "Plus"

Microsoft is set to release its first mainstream consumer software application protected by product activation, in what could be a first step toward expanding use of the antipiracy technology. On ...
ZDNet

Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windows 10

Windows product keys are almost (but not quite) a thing of the past. With Windows 10, Microsoft has rewritten the rules for how it performs product activation on retail upgrades of Windows, including ...