Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney isn’t the biggest Windows 10 fan, even though the recent releases might prove otherwise, so it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that he criticizes Microsoft on pretty much every single occasion.
Most recently, Sweeney blamed Microsoft for trying to kill Steam by creating a closed Windows system that would require developers to bring their apps to the Windows Store and focus on the universal Windows app concept.
And yet, in a statement released by Microsoft today, Redmond denies all these claims and explains that Windows 10 is a fully open ecosystem and ensures that the company has no intention of killing Steam, Win32 or whomever Sweeney believes it might be trying to kill.
“Tim is a respected figure in the gaming world, and we value his feedback. As stated previously, the Universal Windows Platfo...
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Microsoft Responds to Criticism, Says Windows 10 Is Fully Open
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney isn’t the biggest Windows 10 fan, even though the recent releases might prove otherwise, so it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that he criticizes Microsoft on pretty much every single…
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title: Detect Exploitation - Microsoft Responds to Criticism, Says Windows 10 Is Fully Open
id: 1ab2dc61-917c-44d5-ac6d-0ab8000bb22a
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
- https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-27
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: any
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exploit'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
- attack.initial_accessSyntax validiert (0 Fehler)
rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
meta:
author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
date = "2026-09-27"
description = "YARA Signature for "
strings:
$str = "Microsoft Responds to Criticis" ascii wide
condition:
any of them
}Syntax validiert (0 Fehler)
index=security sourcetype IN ("cisco:asa", "pan:traffic", "zeek_conn", "suricata", "WinEventLog:Security")
("Microsoft Responds to Criticism Says Win")
| stats count earliest(_time) as first_seen latest(_time) as last_seen by src_ip, dest_ip, dest_host, signature
| eval first_seen=strftime(first_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), last_seen=strftime(last_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
| sort - countSyntax validiert (0 Fehler)
message: "*Microsoft Responds to Criticism Says Win*"Syntax validiert (0 Fehler)
CommonSecurityLog
| where Message has "Microsoft Responds to Criticism Says Win"
| summarize EventCount = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, Activity
| extend DetectionRule = "iShareStuff-CTI-Compiled"
| sort by EventCount desc2. Cyber Threat Intelligence & Forensik
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