Security News

Windows Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks by 'PowerPool' Group
2018-09-05 15:08

A threat group tracked by security firm ESET as “PowerPool” has been exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability to elevate the privileges of a backdoor in targeted attacks. read more

0patch releases micropatch for Windows Task Scheduler zero-day
2018-08-31 20:29

Earlier this week a security researcher that goes by “SandboxEscaper” published details and a PoC exploit for a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows. Microsoft has,...

Third-Party Patch Released for Windows Zero-Day
2018-08-31 14:49

A patch is available for a read more

Microsoft obliquely acknowledges Windows 0-day bug published on Twitter
2018-08-29 16:18

Flaw allows a local user to obtain System privileges.

Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Found in Task Scheduler
2018-08-28 15:58

A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions - so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges.

Windows zero-day flaw and PoC unveiled via Twitter
2018-08-28 15:56

A Windows zero-day local privilege escalation flaw and a Proof-of-Concept exploit for it have been revealed on Monday by someone who goes by SandboxEscaper on Twitter. The user in question deleted...

Microsoft Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed through Twitter
2018-08-28 15:39

There is no known workaround for the security flaw.

Exploit Published for Windows Task Scheduler Zero-Day
2018-08-28 11:21

Details of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system were made public on Monday, via Twitter. read more

Hacker Discloses Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability (With PoC)
2018-08-28 10:33

A security researcher has publicly disclosed the details of a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft's Windows operating system that could help a local user or malicious...

Windows 0-day pops up out of nowhere Twitter
2018-08-28 03:55

Local privilege escalation in procedure calls It's not bad enough to take Microsoft out-of-cycle, but CERT/CC has just put out a warning of a new privilege escalation bug in Windows.…