Security News

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner (The Hackers News)
2017-05-09 00:28

Microsoft's own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable. Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the...

Wormable Windows Zero Day Reported to Microsoft (Threatpost)
2017-05-08 15:28

Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy and Natalie Silvanovich found a remotely exploitable Windows vulnerability that Ormandy called he worst in recent memory.

Google 0-Day Hunter Finds Worst “Windows RCE Exploit” of All Time (The Hackers News)
2017-05-08 03:57

Google Project Zero's security researchers have discovered another critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system, claiming that it is something truly...

Bondnet botnet goes after vulnerable Windows servers (Help Net Security)
2017-05-04 22:54

A botnet consisting of some 2,000 compromised servers has been mining cryptocurrency for its master for several months now, “earning” him around $1,000 per day. GuardiCore researchers first...