Security News

Microsoft to Charge for Windows 7 Security Updates
2018-09-07 12:03

Microsoft this week revealed plans to offer paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for three years after traditional support for the operating system will officially end. read more

Firefox finally casts Windows XP users adrift
2018-09-07 11:47

Mozilla's browser is waving goodbye to millions of XP holdouts.

Active Spy Campaign Exploits Unpatched Windows Zero-Day
2018-09-06 16:01

The PowerPool gang launched its attack just two days after the zero-day in the Windows Task Scheduler was disclosed.

Windows 10 support extended again: September releases now get 30 months
2018-09-06 15:55

And Microsoft is offering enterprises dedicated app compatibility support.

Firefox Drops Support for Windows XP
2018-09-06 14:13

Effective this week, Windows XP is no longer supported by Firefox. read more

Do you really think crims would do that? Just go on the 'net and exploit a Windows zero-day?
2018-09-06 06:04

Don't wait for Patch Tuesday – check out these mitigations The Windows APLC security hole that emerged early last week remains unpatched, even though it is being actively exploited by hackers to...

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.