Tag: security bypass

Attackers Exploit Microsoft Security-Bypass Zero-Day Bugs

Cyber Security February 13, 2024

Microsoft's scheduled Patch Tuesday security update for February includes fixes for two zero-day security vulnerabilities under active attack, plus 71 other flaws across a...

Patch Now: Critical Windows Kerberos Bug Bypasses Microsoft Security

Cyber Security January 9, 2024

Proof of Concept Exploit Publicly Available for Critical Windows SmartScreen Flaw

Cyber Security November 20, 2023

Proof of Concept Exploit Publicly Available for Critical Windows SmartScreen Flaw

Cyber Security November 20, 2023

Microsoft Zero-Days Allow Defender Bypass, Privilege Escalation

Cyber SecurityNovember 14, 2023

Microsoft released fixes for a total of 63 bugs in its November 2023 update, including three that threat actors are actively exploiting already and...

Microsoft patches four zero-days, finally takes action against crimeware kernel drivers

Cyber SecurityJuly 12, 2023

by Paul Ducklin This Tuesday, 2023-07-11, was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for July 2023, so here’s a brief reminder to do...

Microsoft Discloses 5 Zero-Days in Voluminous July Security Update

Cyber SecurityJuly 11, 2023

Microsoft's July security update contains fixes for a whopping 130 unique vulnerabilities, five of which attackers are already actively exploiting in the wild.The company...

PyPI open-source code repository deals with manic malware maelstrom

Cyber SecurityMay 23, 2023

by Paul Ducklin Public source code repositories, from Sourceforge to GitHub, from the Linux Kernel Archives to ReactOS.org, from PHP...

Microsoft fixes two 0-days on Patch Tuesday – update now!

Cyber SecurityMarch 14, 2023

by Paul Ducklin Thanks to the precise four-week length of February this year, last month’s coincidence of Firefox and Microsoft...

Microsoft dishes the dirt on Apple’s “Achilles heel” shortly after fixing similar Windows bug

Cyber SecurityDecember 20, 2022

by Paul Ducklin When we woke up this morning, our cybersecurity infofeed was awash with “news” that Apple had just...

Microsoft Squashes Zero-Day, Actively Exploited Bugs in Dec. Update

Cyber SecurityDecember 13, 2022

Microsoft has released fixes for 48 new vulnerabilities across its products, including one that attackers are actively exploiting and another that has been publicly...