Security News > 2017 > July > Windows SMB Zero Day to Be Disclosed During DEF CON (Threatpost)

2017-07-26 13:00
Microsoft has said it will not patch a two-decade-old Windows SMB vulnerability, called SMBloris because it behaves comparably to the Slowloris attacks. The flaw will be disclosed and demonstrated during DEF CON.
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