Security News

Unpatched SMB Zero Day Easily Exploitable (Threatpost)
2017-02-28 18:44

Researchers claim the unpatched SMB zero day that affects Windows can be exploited a number of ways.

Will February’s Patch Tuesday fix a known zero-day? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-10 13:00

Coming into Patch Tuesday we have a known zero day on the Microsoft side, and we’ve seen example code for an SMB exploit that could lead to DoS and BYOD of a system. US CERT recommends blocking...

Week in review: Windows DoS zero-day, uncloaking Tor Browser users (Help Net Security)
2017-02-06 04:32

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Half of IT pros don’t know how to improve their security posture Mid-market enterprises have high confidence in their...

Exploit for Windows DoS zero-day published, patch out on Tuesday? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-03 20:12

A zero-day bug affecting Windows 10, 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2016 can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system and possibly even to compromise it. The bug It is a memory corruption bug in...

Microsoft Waits for Patch Tuesday to Fix SMB Zero Day (Threatpost)
2017-02-03 13:36

Microsoft said a Windows SMB zero day, which has a public proof-of-concept exploit available, is low risk and won’t be patched until an upcoming Patch Tuesday.