Bitdefender researchers show how Windows bind links can create conflicting filesystem views to hide malware from endpoint security products.
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‘GreatXML’ Zero-Day Exploit Bypasses BitLocker
The PoC exploits Microsoft Defender’s offline scan to spawn a SYSTEM shell when rebooting in Recovery Mode.
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New Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘RoguePlanet’ Released
Exploiting a race condition in Microsoft Defender, the exploit leads to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass
The exploitation is mitigated by preventing the FsTx Auto Recovery Utility from starting when the WinRE image launches.
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Legacy Windows Tool MSHTA Fuels Surge in Silent Malware Attacks
Attackers are increasingly abusing Microsoft’s decades-old MSHTA utility to stealthily deliver stealers, loaders, and persistent malware through phishing, fake software downloads, and LOLBIN-based attack chains.
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Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE
The researcher dropped the MiniPlasma exploit that uses the original proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting the bug.
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Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days
YellowKey is a BitLocker bypass that requires physical access. GreenPlasma enables elevation of privileges to System.
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Microsoft Patches 137 Vulnerabilities
Fresh security updates resolve critical flaws in Azure, Windows, Dynamics 365, and the SSO Plugin for Jira & Confluence.
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No Patch for New PhantomRPC Privilege Escalation Technique in Windows
A fake RPC server can be used to listen for RPC requests and impersonate the target service to elevate privileges to System.
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Incomplete Windows Patch Opens Door to Zero-Click Attacks
The initial vulnerability was exploited by Russia-linked APT28 in attacks against Ukraine and EU countries.
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