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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
Security Boulevard

Best of 2025: LDAPNightmare: SafeBreach Labs Publishes First Proof-of-Concept Exploit for CVE-2024-49112

SafeBreach researchers developed a zero-click PoC exploit that crashes unpatched Windows Servers using the Windows ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Threat Post

Public Exploit Released for Windows 10 Bug

The vulnerability affects all unpatched Windows 10 versions following a messy Microsoft January update. Security teams might have skipped January’s Patch Tuesday after reports of it breaking servers, ...
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 ...
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You should know these Windows settings that stop exploits

Windows includes built-in exploit protection that limits the damage hackers can do even when software vulnerabilities exist. The tool offers system-wide and app-specific settings, though enabling ...