Windows 11 RAM Attack Lets Admins Disable Defender and VBS
USENIX researchers turned writable DIMM configuration into arbitrary physical-memory access. April's Windows update blocks their current chain under Secure Boot.
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Chrome 151 Fixes Five High-Severity Memory Flaws Across the Browser
Chrome 151 fixes five high-severity use-after-free bugs; endpoint inventories must show the fixed build or a later superseding release.
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Windows Plug and Play Gives Crafted Devices SYSTEM Access
Researchers chain signed Windows device installers into SYSTEM execution through emulated USB hardware or an ordinary RDP session.
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Fake Web3 Interview Steals Wallet Keys Through Signed Windows App
A signed ClickOnce app delivered two stealers and an hVNC RAT after a fake Web3 interview. Hunt per-user ClickOnce records, then rotate every secret reachable from affected hosts.
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Attackers Exploit Windows Driver to Gain SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft's August updates fix an AFD.sys race used in attacks; defenders must verify fixed builds and investigate pre-patch privilege escalation.
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Microsoft Fixes LegacyHive Flaw That Gives Local Attackers Admin Rights
August Windows updates fix a public registry-hive privilege escalation; defenders can hunt its staging files, virtual paths, and unusual DLL loads.
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Public Open vSwitch Exploit Gives Local Linux Users Root Access
OVSwrap exploits a 16-bit nested-action limit in the Linux kernel, leaving defenders to verify both the running fix and the earlier exposure window.
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Microsoft Defender Isolated a QNET Workstation in 128 Seconds
A Microsoft case study traces mshta execution to one isolated QNET host and shows which workstations qualify for the preview action.
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SCTPhantom Exposes Linux SCTP to Remote Attack and Local Root
A remote SCTP peer can trigger the kernel flaw, while Tencent separately demonstrated local privilege escalation and container escape. Defenders need both reachability and running-kernel checks.
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Cisco Fixes Seven IOS XE Flaws With No Workarounds
Cisco's August IOS XE hardening release fixes seven vulnerability classes across five reviewed trains; affected devices need an upgrade.
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Flooding Dropper Used 846 npm Components as Cross-Platform Loaders
An automated npm campaign uses hundreds of disposable packages to launch detached native malware, with DNS TXT records as a fallback delivery channel.
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Remus Malware Stores Command Server Addresses in Ethereum Contracts
Remus uses an Ethereum smart contract to resolve changing command infrastructure before stealing browser sessions, credentials, and wallet data.
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Windows Hello Keys Let Signed-In Code Create Persistent Entra Access
Code in a signed-in Windows session can invoke a TPM-backed Windows Hello for Business key, authenticate without a device identity claim, and create a path to durable Entra access.
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