Tech pro ThioJoe explains how attackers exploit invisible text inside Windows environments to secretly carry out malicious activity.

A Connecticut man faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly selling Windows 2000 and Windows NT source code stolen from a ...

Attackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories ...

A set of 13 exploits were released by the Shadow Brokers hacker group, with Microsoft providing a rapid response, downplaying ...

Omores's experiment shows that Microsoft's hardware requirements are, at least in part, a policy decision rather than a hard ...

A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender lets attackers gain full system access on up-to-date Windows 10 and 11 PCs. No ...

The difference between a virus and a worm is not semantic. A virus waits for a user to trigger it; a worm exploits ...

Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company’s monthly Patch ...

A recent study validated against 28,377 real-world vulnerabilities offers a concrete replacement: A three-layer decision tree incorporating CISA KEV status, Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) ...

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A hot potato: A recently disclosed Windows vulnerability is drawing scrutiny for both its technical impact and the fallout between the researcher who exposed it and Microsoft. The situation has since ...

An old elevation-of-privilege (EoV) vulnerability affecting the Cloud Filter driver “cldflt.sys” in Windows has come back to haunt Microsoft, as researchers claim it is still exploitable six years ...