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Exploits Turn Windows Defender Into Attacker Tool

Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft's built-in security platform; two are ...
Cybernews

Disgruntled hacker drops second zero-day Windows Defender exploit just hours after Microsoft patches first one

A disgruntled researcher released a second zero-day Windows Defender exploit, dubbed RedSun, shortly after Microsoft patched ...
Windows Report

RedSun Exploit Hits Microsoft Defender Zero-Day, Grants SYSTEM Access

RedSun exploit targets Microsoft Defender zero-day, granting SYSTEM access on fully patched Windows systems with no patch ...

Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I ...

Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit ...

Microsoft Defender Flaws Exploited on Windows, Two Left Unpatched

Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft ...

Recently leaked Windows zero-days now exploited in attacks

Threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed Windows security vulnerabilities in attacks aimed at gaining SYSTEM or ...

Microsoft's Security Response Center is being blamed for the zero-day BlueHammer exploit leak

A zero-day BlueHammer exploit was recently published on GitHub in response to alleged MSRC failures, and although Microsoft ...
Dark Reading

'BlueHammer' Windows Zero-Day Exploit Signals Microsoft Bug Disclosure Issues

The leak online of exploit code for an apparent Windows zero-day flaw dubbed "BlueHammer" could be the sign of a larger issue that security researchers face when collaborating with Microsoft on ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Server emergency patches fix WSUS bug with PoC exploit

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...

1 Billion Microsoft Users Warned As Angry Hacker Drops 0-Day Exploit

A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I'm not explaining how this works.” ...