Warning: Critical WinRAR Flaw Affects All Versions Released In Last 19 Years

Beware Windows users… a new dangerous remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the WinRAR software, affecting hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point have disclosed technical details of a c… Continue reading Warning: Critical WinRAR Flaw Affects All Versions Released In Last 19 Years

Researcher Discloses New Zero-Day Affecting All Versions of Windows

A security researcher has publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows operating system (including server editions) after the company failed to patch a responsibly disclosed bug within the 120-da… Continue reading Researcher Discloses New Zero-Day Affecting All Versions of Windows

Warning: Your Windows PC Can Get Hacked by Just Visiting a Site

Can you get hacked just by clicking on a malicious link or opening a website? — YES.

Microsoft has just released its April month’s Patch Tuesday security updates, which addresses multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and o… Continue reading Warning: Your Windows PC Can Get Hacked by Just Visiting a Site

Microsoft’s Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure

Meltdown CPU vulnerability was bad, and Microsoft somehow made the flaw even worse on its Windows 7, allowing any unprivileged, user-level application to read content from and even write data to the operating system’s kernel memory.

For those unaware,… Continue reading Microsoft’s Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure

AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs

A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access.

As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks today revealed details about a new implant developed by … Continue reading AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs

New GhostHook Attack Bypasses Windows 10 PatchGuard Protections

Vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft PatchGuard kernel protection could allow hackers to plant rootkits on computers running the company’s latest and secure operating system, Windows 10.

Researchers at CyberArk Labs have developed a new attack tech… Continue reading New GhostHook Attack Bypasses Windows 10 PatchGuard Protections

Brutal Kangaroo: CIA-developed Malware for Hacking Air-Gapped Networks Covertly

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing a tool suite – which is being used by the CIA for Microsoft Windows that targets “closed networks by air gap jumping using thumb drives,” mainly implemented in enterprises and critical infrastructures.

Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet or other external networks are believed to be the

Continue reading Brutal Kangaroo: CIA-developed Malware for Hacking Air-Gapped Networks Covertly

This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that can silently infect other computers of interest inside a t… Continue reading This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network

Weeks Before WannaCry, Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Was Using Windows SMB Exploit

A security researcher has just discovered a stealthy cryptocurrency-mining malware that was also using Windows SMB vulnerability at least two weeks before the outbreak of WannaCry ransomware attacks.

According to Kafeine, a security researcher at Proo… Continue reading Weeks Before WannaCry, Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Was Using Windows SMB Exploit