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Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers.
The vulnerability was disclosed Thursday when the security researcher … Continue reading Microsoft will likely fix Windows SMB denial-of-service flaw on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers.
The vulnerability was disclosed Thursday when the security researcher … Continue reading Microsoft will likely fix Windows SMB denial-of-service flaw on Patch Tuesday
The implementation of the SMB network file sharing protocol in Windows has a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to, at the very least, remotely crash systems.
The unpatched vulnerability was publicly disclosed Thursday by an independent security researcher named Laurent Gaffié, who claims that Microsoft has delayed releasing a patch for the flaw for the past three months.
Gaffié, who is known on Twitter as PythonResponder, published a proof-of-concept exploit for the vulnerability on GitHub, triggering an advisory from the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University.
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The implementation of the SMB network file sharing protocol in Windows has a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to, at the very least, remotely crash systems.
The unpatched vulnerability was publicly disclosed Thursday by an independent security researcher named Laurent Gaffié, who claims that Microsoft has delayed releasing a patch for the flaw for the past three months.
Gaffié, who is known on Twitter as PythonResponder, published a proof-of-concept exploit for the vulnerability on GitHub, triggering an advisory from the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Continue reading Zero-day Windows file-sharing flaw can crash systems, maybe worse
Cisco Systems has fixed a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to take over servers used by telecommunications providers to remotely manage customer equipment such as routers.The vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Home, an automated config… Continue reading Cisco patches critical flaw in Prime Home device management server
Cisco Systems has fixed a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to take over servers used by telecommunications providers to remotely manage customer equipment such as routers.
The vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Home, an automated conf… Continue reading Cisco patches critical flaw in Prime Home device management server
Developers of the widely used WordPress content management system released an update last week, but intentionally delayed announcing that the patch addressed a severe vulnerability.
WordPress version 4.7.2 was released on January 26 as a security u… Continue reading WordPress silently fixes dangerous code injection vulnerability
Two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and a cybercrime investigator from Kaspersky Lab have reportedly been charged with treason for helping U.S. intelligence services.
The arrests of Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of the computer i… Continue reading In treason case, Russia alleges security experts aided US
Two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and a cybercrime investigator from Kaspersky Lab have reportedly been charged with treason for helping U.S. intelligence services.
The arrests of Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of the computer i… Continue reading In treason case, Russia alleges security experts aided US
Mobile security firm Zimperium has launched an exploit acquisition program that aims to bring undisclosed attack code for already patched vulnerabilities out in the open.Paying for old exploits might seem like a waste of money, but there are technic… Continue reading Mobile security firm offers cash to hackers for their old exploits