Security News

Windows 10 Bug Let UWP Apps Access All Files Without Users' Consent
2018-10-30 14:48

Microsoft silently patched a bug in its Windows 10 operating system with the October 2018 update (version 1809) that allowed Microsoft Store apps with extensive file system permission to access...

Windows Built-in Antivirus Gets Secure Sandbox Mode – Turn It ON
2018-10-29 15:03

Microsoft Windows built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender, has become the very first antivirus software to have the ability to run inside a sandbox environment. Sandboxing is a process that...

Microsoft Creates Sandbox for Windows Defender
2018-10-29 12:55

Microsoft announced on Friday that Windows Defender, the antivirus application shipped with the company’s operating systems, can now run in a sandbox, and the tech giant claims it’s the first...

Windows Defender can now run inside a sandbox
2018-10-29 12:25

Microsoft has made it possible for Windows Defender Antivirus to be run within a sandbox, a restrictive environment that separates the AV’s processes from those of the underlying Windows OS, thus...

Worrying Windows 10 wrecking-ball weapon weirdly wanders wildly on worldwide web
2018-10-24 20:11

Zero-day crash'n'pwn exploit for Microsoft's latest OS disclosed, no official patch available (yet) A skilled Microsoft bug hunter with a penchant for public disclosures via Twitter has openly...

Windows ‘Deletebug’ Zero-Day Allows Privilege Escalation, Destruction
2018-10-24 20:04

The unpatched flaw allows an attacker to delete any kind of file on a victim machine, including system data.

Exploit for New Windows Zero-Day Published on Twitter
2018-10-24 18:40

A new zero-day vulnerability in Windows was made public on Twitter by the same researcher who published an exploit for a bug in the Windows Task Scheduler at the end of August. read more

Another Windows 0-day flaw has been published on Twitter
2018-10-24 15:50

And on GitHub there's a proof-of-concept that'll render your system unbootable.

Hacker Discloses New Windows Zero-Day Exploit On Twitter
2018-10-24 09:03

A security researcher with Twitter alias SandboxEscaper—who two months ago publicly dropped a zero-day exploit for Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler—has yesterday released another proof-of-concept...

Trivial Post-Intrusion Attack Exploits Windows RID
2018-10-19 14:22

Simple technique enables attackers to leverage Windows OS component to maintain stealth and persistence post system compromise.