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Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
2024-08-20 03:32

The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems. [...]

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group
2024-08-19 07:05

A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked...

Microsoft Patched 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
2024-08-14 19:19

Patch Tuesday brought updates for 90 security vulnerabilities, including patching severe remote code execution vulnerabilities and closing some doors in Chromium.

Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Days
2024-08-14 05:48

Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 90 security flaws, including 10 zero-days, of which six have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 90 bugs, seven are rated...

New Windows SmartScreen bypass exploited as zero-day since March
2024-08-13 22:43

Today, Microsoft revealed that a Mark of the Web security bypass vulnerability exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass SmartScreen protection was patched during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday. [...]

Microsoft fixes 6 zero-days under active attack
2024-08-13 20:09

August 2024 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 90 vulnerabilities, six of which have been exploited in the wild as zero-days, and four are publicly known. The zero-days...

Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited
2024-08-13 18:41

Today is Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on...

Microsoft discloses Office zero-day, still working on a patch
2024-08-09 16:14

​Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity zero-day vulnerability affecting Office 2016 and later, which is still waiting for a patch. [...]

Cisco warns of critical RCE zero-days in end of life IP phones
2024-08-08 21:27

Cisco is warning of multiple critical remote code execution zero-days in the web-based management interface of the end-of-life Small Business SPA 300 and SPA 500 series IP phones. [...]

“Perfect” Windows downgrade attack turns fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days
2024-08-08 09:53

A researcher has developed a downgrade attack that can make Windows machines covertly, persistently and irreversibly vulnerable, even if they were fully patched before that. A downgrade attack exploiting the Windows Update process.