‘BlueHammer’ Exploit Targets Windows, Potentially Impacting 1 Billion+ Devices

A researcher released a working ‘BlueHammer’ Windows zero-day exploit that could impact over 1 billion devices, granting ...

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 ...
InfoWorld

IE9 exploit puts Windows 7 SP1 at risk

A new exploit for IE9 bypasses all security measures in even the latest fully patched version of Windows 7, according to a French security company Vupen. The exploit uses an unpatched zero-day ...
Windows Report

Windows BlueHammer Zero-Day Lets Attackers Gain SYSTEM Access

According to Bleeping Computer, the BlueHammer vulnerability is a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) flaw that leverages a ...

Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit

Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing ...
Computerworld

Unpatched DLL bugs let hackers exploit Windows 7 and IE9, says researcher

Although Microsoft has patched multiple DLL load hijacking vulnerabilities since last summer, Windows and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) can still be exploited, a security company warned today. Microsoft ...
Dark Reading

Older Versions of Windows at Risk From New Zero-Day Exploit

Cybersecurity firm ESET discovered a Windows zero-day exploit that affects older systems like Windows 7 and Server 2008. Called CVE-2019-1132, it is a privilege escalation issue linked to how the ...

Security expert unleashes Windows exploit after Microsoft ignores him

A security researcher reported a vulnerability to Microsoft. But when the company didn't respond quickly enough, he went public with real exploit code.
CRN

Attackers Gearing Up To Exploit Windows Messenger Security Hole

Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

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 ...