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Attackers Exploit Adobe Commerce Zero-Day to Deploy PSK Agent RAT and...

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Hackers Hijack AOMEI Updates for Just 5 Minutes to Secretly Install...

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Hackers Use New ROMULUS ClickFix Platform to Deliver Malware and Evade...

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New YuanKong RAT Hijacks Android Phones to Steal Bank PINs and...

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AI-Generated Scripts Hijack Linux sudo to Steal Passwords

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Hackers Exploit 20,000 Cloudflare Pages Domains to Deliver Fake Microsoft Security...

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Hackers Exploit D-Link, Ubiquiti and SAP Flaws to Hijack Devices and...

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Hackers Linked to Midnight Blizzard Use Claude AI to Rebuild Malware...

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Chinese Hackers Exploit BeyondTrust Zero-Day to Gain Root Access and Install...

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Proof-of-Concept Released for Windows Winsock Ancillary Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Proof-of-Concept Released for Windows Winsock Ancillary Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A public proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-21768 demonstrates how an attacker with local access can escalate to SYSTEM privileges via the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Security researchers Valentina Palmiotti (chompie) and Ruben Boonen published the exploit code. Their full exploit chain targets vulnerable Windows 11...