0patch releases micropatch for Windows Task Scheduler zero-day
Earlier this week a security researcher that goes by “SandboxEscaper” published details and a PoC exploit for a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability …
Windows zero-day flaw and PoC unveiled via Twitter
A Windows zero-day local privilege escalation flaw and a Proof-of-Concept exploit for it have been revealed on Monday by someone who goes by SandboxEscaper on Twitter. The …
August 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days
In the August 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has plugged over 60 vulnerabilities, two of which are being actively exploited in the wild. In addition to those, the company has …
Adobe releases fix for actively exploited Flash Player zero-day
If you’re still using Flash Player, it’s time to update it again – and quickly: Adobe has just patched a critical zero day vulnerability (CVE-2018-5002) …
Microsoft, Adobe February 2018 security updates: An overview
The Microsoft February 2018 security updates are for Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows, Office, Office Services and Web Apps, Adobe Flash, and ChakraCore (the core part of the …
About the Flash zero-day currently exploited in the wild
The zero-day Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) that Adobe warned about on Thursday was leveraged by North Korean hackers. FireEye calls the group TEMP.Reaper and …
IoT malware targeting zero-day vulnerabilities
Once it became evident that IoT devices can be relatively easily enslaved in botnets and that even their limited power can be used for a variety of nefarious purposes, it was …
Adobe releases emergency fix for Flash Player zero-day exploited in the wild
Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Adobe Flash Player that patches a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability actively exploited in the wild. Kaspersky …
October Patch Tuesday: 61 bugs and one zero-day fixed
For its October Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched 61 vulnerabilities (27 of them critical) and one Office zero-day labeled as “important.” The zero-day The …
Patch Tuesday: 80+ vulnerabilities fixed, one exploited in the wild
As part of its regular, monthly Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft has released patches for 81 new vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in the .NET Framework. The September …
Two Foxit Reader RCE zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has released details about two remote code execution zero-day flaws affecting popular freemium PDF tool Foxit Reader. The first one …
Rising information security threats, and what to do about them
The digital threat landscape faced by enterprises large and small is in perpetual flux, and keeping an eye on things and adapting defenses should be of primary importance to …
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