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Windows 0-Day Dropped By Disgruntled Researcher Hands Hackers System
Windows 0-Day Dropped By Disgruntled Researcher Hands Hackers System Rights
TL;DRResearcher publicly released a Windows security flaw that grants hackers local admin access.
Why it matters: Active zero-days in the wild dramatically increase attack surface before Microsoft can patch systems.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nightmare Eclipse, the pseudonym of a researcher with an ongoing, very public beef with Microsoft, has dropped yet another Windows zero-day. On Tuesday, Nightmare Eclipse disclosed SignDrop, a vulnerability that gives local…
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