Cybernews

Disgruntled hacker drops second zero-day Windows Defender exploit just hours after Microsoft patches first one

A disgruntled researcher released a second zero-day Windows Defender exploit, dubbed RedSun, shortly after Microsoft patched ...
InfoWorld

IE9 exploit puts Windows 7 SP1 at risk

A new exploit for IE9 bypasses all security measures in even the latest fully patched version of Windows 7, according to a French security company Vupen. The exploit uses an unpatched zero-day ...

‘BlueHammer’ Exploit Targets Windows, Potentially Impacting 1 Billion+ Devices

A researcher released a working ‘BlueHammer’ Windows zero-day exploit that could impact over 1 billion devices, granting ...

Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit

Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing ...
Windows Report

Windows BlueHammer Zero-Day Lets Attackers Gain SYSTEM Access

According to Bleeping Computer, the BlueHammer vulnerability is a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) flaw that leverages a ...
Computerworld

Unpatched DLL bugs let hackers exploit Windows 7 and IE9, says researcher

Although Microsoft has patched multiple DLL load hijacking vulnerabilities since last summer, Windows and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) can still be exploited, a security company warned today. Microsoft ...
Dark Reading

Older Versions of Windows at Risk From New Zero-Day Exploit

Cybersecurity firm ESET discovered a Windows zero-day exploit that affects older systems like Windows 7 and Server 2008. Called CVE-2019-1132, it is a privilege escalation issue linked to how the ...
Network World

Microsoft changes Windows 7 UAC due to new exploit code

A pair of Windows bloggers posted more proof-of-concept code today that subverts an important security feature of Windows 7, a problem Microsoft knew about as long ago as last October and which one of ...
Computerworld

Microsoft changes Windows 7 UAC after new exploit code surfaces

A pair of Windows bloggers posted more proof-of-concept code today that subverts an important security feature of Windows 7, a problem that Microsoft knew about as long ago as last October and that ...