InfoWorld

Hackers will exploit Windows kernel bug

Hackers will quickly jump on one of the 15 vulnerabilities Microsoft patched Tuesday to build attack code that infects Internet Explorer users, security researchers agreed today. The bug, which ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware now trying to exploit new Windows Installer zero-day

Malware creators have already started testing a proof-of-concept exploit targeting a new Microsoft Windows Installer zero-day publicly disclosed by security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri over the ...

Still using Windows 10? You're a prime target for ransomware now - unless you do this

ZDNET's key takeaways Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10.Attackers are ready, willing, and able to exploit unpatched PCs.Signing up for extended security updates is a crucial ...
Yahoo

ChatGPT ‘grandma exploit’ gives users free keys for Windows 11

ChatGPT users have figured out how to generate free codes for popular computer software like Microsoft Windows 11 Pro. The artificial intelligence chatbot produced working licence keys for the ...
SlashGear

All Windows PCs At Risk After Microsoft Fails To Fix Zero-Day Exploit

Talos Security Intelligence & Research Group has published a new report detailing its discovery of a zero-day exploit impacting all Windows versions, including newly updated Windows 11 machines. The ...
Computerworld

Windows exploit code coming

As Microsoft recommends that users focus first on installing the MS09-065 patch released Tuesday, experts are agreeing with that advice because exploit code for remote execution appears to be right ...

WebRAT malware spread via fake vulnerability exploits on GitHub

The WebRAT malware is now being distributed through GitHub repositories that claim to host proof-of-concept exploits for ...
Threat Post

Windows PoC Exploit Released for Wormable RCE

The exploit pries open CVE-2021-31166, a bug with a CVSS score of 9.8 that was the baddest of the bad in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release last week. Microsoft discovered the flaw internally, ...
ZDNet

Exploit out for Zotob-like Windows flaw

Exploit code was published Friday for a Windows flaw similar to the vulnerability that led to the Zotob worm that wreaked havoc in August. The plug-and-play exploit code is not the first to surface ...
CRN

Hackers Exploit Windows 'MS06-040' Vulnerability

The bot has been dubbed with several names by security firms, including "Graweg," "Mocbot," "WGAReg," and "Cuebot." It uses an exploit published last week that leverages a vulnerability disclosed last ...
InfoWorld

Windows exploit leaked — by Microsoft?

Proof-of-concept exploit created by Microsoft has apparently leaked to the Internet. Possible sources of the leak: Microsoft security partners or an employee An attack exploiting a recently patched ...