If you haven't deployed August's patches, get busy before others do
Windows users who haven't yet installed the latest fixes to their operating systems will need to get a move on, as code now exists to exploit a critical Microsoft vulnerability announced by Redmond two weeks ago., has a CVSS score of 9.8 since it would allow an unauthenticated attacker to run code remotely on an unpatched machine by using a specially designed IPv6 packet and spamming it out to find vulnerable machines.
Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems are all vulnerable. At the time, Microsoft said that there was no evidence of the flaw being exploited in the wild, but ranked it"More Likely" that someone would find a way to use it.designed to exploit the vulnerability. They point out that the PoC code is"rather flaky." However,"the easiest way to reproduce the vuln is by using"This makes the default network adapter driver kdnic.
"It was so easy, in fact, that multiple people on social media told me I was wrong and that the bug was somewhere else. There was exactly one change made in the entire driver file, which it turns out, actually was the bug after all." Now that this particular vulnerability has received such detailed attention from white hat hackers, the criminals are sure to follow. The zero-click aspect and its ubiquity make this ideal fodder for online scumbags looking to make a buck. So get patching - you have been warned. ®UK competition regulator's cloud probe remedies have global implications
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