Security News

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.

IT and security professionals unprepared for Windows 7 end of life
2018-10-18 05:30

An Avecto survey of over 500 individuals from Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States revealed that, while some organisations have already migrated to Windows 10 and are using the...

PoC exploit for Windows Shell RCE released
2018-10-12 09:53

Here’s one more reason to hurry with the implementation of the latest Microsoft patches: a PoC exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited via Microsoft Edge has been...

FruityArmor APT Exploits Yet Another Windows Graphics Kernel Flaw
2018-10-10 21:52

This is the second local privilege-escalation zero-day this APT group has exploited.

Windows Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks Aimed at Middle East
2018-10-10 06:50

One of the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with its latest Patch Tuesday updates is a Windows zero-day exploited by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks aimed at entities in...