Researcher accidentally found 0-day bug in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008

French cybersecurity researcher Clément Labro was working on a security tool when he discovered that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were vulnerable to a 0-day local privilege escalation bug. The expert writes that the vulnerability lies in two incorrectly configured registry keys for RPC Endpoint Mapper and DNSCache, which are part of all… Continue reading Researcher accidentally found 0-day bug in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008

Temporary patch for 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer arrived on the Internet

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced about vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which is already exploited for “limited targeted attacks”. Now arrived temporary patch for this 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The problem received the identifier CVE-2020-0674 and it is associated with a vulnerability in the Firefox browser. Apparently, the mentioned “limited attacks” are part of a… Continue reading Temporary patch for 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer arrived on the Internet