Microsoft has quietly taken another step toward an entirely online ecosystem, effectively ending phone-based activation for ...
Microsoft has reportedly removed the ability to activate Windows 11 and Windows 10 without an internet connection.
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The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...
A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...
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