Oh look, another serious flaw in Windows – and this one is really bad because it can be exploited directly in Internet Explorer. And even worse than that, this vulnerability is actually being exploited in the wild by cybercriminals – this shows it’s no longer a theoretical attack. Plus of course the fact, it’s actually […]
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Windows Binary Planting DLL Preloading/Hijacking Bug
Last updated: August 25, 2010 | 10,988 views
The big news that is turning the infosec world inside out this week is about a new DLL pre-loading/hijacking bug which effects more than 200 Windows applications including some produced by Microsoft itself. The basis of this exploit is the way in which Windows works and how it loads DLL files used by many applications, […]
Microsoft Confirms Windows Zero Day Bug In Shortcut Files
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 8,955 views
This is a pretty nasty attack and for once Microsoft have actually acknowledged and confirmed this is a critical unpatched vulnerability. Incidentally Microsoft also recently retired Windows XP SP2 from the support cycle, and this vulnerability effects that system and they have stated they will not be patching it. It’s a pretty serious bug and […]
Microsoft Confirms First Windows 7 0-Day Vulnerability
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 24,361 views
So a pretty serious remote vulnerability has been discovered in Windows 7, as usual Microsoft is downplaying the problem asking you to block the ports on your firewall rather than fixing the issue. I’d imagine the problem would only really be a big issue inside networks as who exposes SMB ports to the outside world […]
No Emergency Patch For Latest Windows Exploit
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 49,577 views
Another reason for Windows users to hate the Microsoft Patch Tuesday policy, The exploit isn’t 100% reliable but it’s still fairly significant in my eyes as it is a critical vulnerability and can be used for code execution. Vista isn’t the most popular OS still so perhaps Microsoft don’t the threat being that wide as […]
Hackers Exploiting Unpatched DirectX Bug With Quicktime
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 4,998 views
It seems like another fairly critical flaw has been discovered in Microsoft Windows. It’s serious as it allows remote code execution, which basically means if you get hit with it your machine is owned. It seems DirectX 7, 8 and 9 in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 are at risk. Windows Vista, Server 2008 […]
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