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Two New Windows Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild — One Affects Every Version Ever Shipped (thehackernews.com)
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..."The vulnerable driver ships with every version of Windows, up to and including Server 2025," Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7, said. "Maybe your fax modem uses a different chipset, and so you don't need the Agere driver? Perhaps you've simply discovered email? Tough luck. Your PC is still vulnerable, and a local attacker with a minimally privileged account can elevate to administrator."...

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So stick with my Linux and don't boot into Windows again. Got it.

Lots of these exploits can be very specific cases so aren't going to threaten the average user. However the point is, Windows 10 is now a huge target and there are lots who would love to take advantage of a freshly open gate.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is fixed, and the attacked required physical access to the hardware.

[–] frog_meister@lemmings.world -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

These are fixed, but microsoft still includes backdoors for Israel.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 0 points 9 hours ago

Please go away