Google says a WinRAR exploit for Windows is in 'widespread' use by government-backed threat actors 'linked to Russia and China'

Google has warned that well-known and already-patched exploit for the WinRAR file archiving and compression tool for Windows ...
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Using Windows 10? Do this now to lower your risk of being hacked

Now that Windows 10 is no longer supported, it's become a more attractive target for hackers. That doesn't mean you need to ...

Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses

James Forshaw, security researcher at Google's Project Zero, reported nine vulnerabilities in December that could allow ...

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
HotHardware

Windows Admins Are Urged To Patch This TCP/IP Zero Click Security Exploit

This one's important, so let's get right to it: a new security flaw in all versions of Windows opens the door for a wormable remote code execution vulnerability. That means it can be exploited by an ...
VentureBeat

Shrink exploit windows, slash MTTP: Why ring deployment is now a must for enterprise defense

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Nation-State Groups Abuse Microsoft Windows Shortcut Exploit

State-sponsored APTs from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China are targeting victims using a Windows shortcut file exploit, according to new research from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). In ...
Bleeping Computer

North Korean hackers exploit Chrome zero-day to deploy rootkit

North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. "We assess ...
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 ...