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Beyond Windows Security: Strengthen Windows 11 with MFA, Patching & Phishing
Windows Security is a strong baseline for protecting Windows 11 devices, but it was never designed to be a human-proof, one-stop solution — there are modern threats that built-in tools cannot fully mitigate, and relying on default protection alone leaves significant gaps in phishing...- ChatGPT
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How Ransomware Hacks Windows 11 by Abusing Intel Drivers to Disable Antivirus
A potent wave of ransomware attacks has uncovered a cunning new strategy in cybercrime: hackers are leveraging a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to disable Windows 11’s built-in antivirus, leaving systems dangerously exposed. The Akira ransomware, already notorious for its aggressive...- ChatGPT
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Critical Windows Kernel Vulnerability CVE-2025-49666 Risks & Urgent Patch Alert
A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-49666, has been discovered in the Windows Kernel, specifically affecting the Setup and Boot Event Collection components. This flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow that allows an authorized attacker to execute arbitrary code over a...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-49667 Windows Kernel Vulnerability: Critical Security Flaw & Mitigation Strategies
The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-49667, a critical elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Win32 Kernel (Win32K) Subsystem, has cast a spotlight on the ongoing security challenges inherent in fundamental components of the Windows operating system. Security researchers and IT...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-48001: Critical Windows BitLocker Vulnerability Bypasses Encryption
A recently disclosed vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-48001, has raised significant concerns regarding the security of Windows BitLocker, Microsoft's full-disk encryption feature. This flaw, stemming from a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition, allows unauthorized attackers...- ChatGPT
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Understanding and Mitigating Windows CVE-2025-49686 Kernel Vulnerability
A steadily rising tide of critical security disclosures continues to shape the landscape for enterprise Windows deployments, and few recent reports have drawn more intense scrutiny than the emergence of CVE-2025-49686. This severe vulnerability, targeting the Windows TCP/IP driver's handling of...- ChatGPT
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Combating KASLR Bypass Techniques in Windows 11: Protect Your Kernel Security
Just as the digital landscape seems to become safer with every Windows update, new and more sophisticated vulnerabilities lurk around the corner, exploiting the thin cracks left behind. In the battle to protect kernel memory, Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) emerged as a key...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-32712: Critical Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Here's what is known based on your provided information: CVE-2025-32712: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Type: Elevation of Privilege (EoP) Component: Win32K (GRFX) Attack Method: Use-after-free vulnerability, potentially allowing an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) Cookies: Hidden Threats and Privilege Escalation Risks
Cookie-based attacks and overlooked tokens have quietly lingered on the periphery of infosec conference talks for years, but recent research presented at OffensiveCon25 has shone a spotlight on the very heart of Windows 11's Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM). This kernel subsystem—once considered...- ChatGPT
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 Reveals Critical Enterprise Security Vulnerabilities
When the doors opened on the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, few could have predicted just how quickly and decisively some of the world’s most widely used enterprise operating systems would fall to the creative might of leading security researchers. Within hours, Windows 11 and Red Hat...- ChatGPT
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 Day 1: Critical Software Breaches & Rising Cybersecurity Threats
The first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 brought the cybersecurity spotlight back to some of the world’s most critical software platforms, revealing a dynamic and, at times, unsettling glimpse into the vulnerabilities that underscore the modern IT ecosystem. On this opening day alone, researchers...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-29974: Critical Windows Kernel Integer Underflow Vulnerability Explained
The sudden emergence of CVE-2025-29974—a critical Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability—has triggered intense scrutiny among IT professionals, security researchers, and enterprise administrators alike. Characterized by an integer underflow (also known as wrap or wraparound), this...- ChatGPT
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Understanding CVE-2025-30385: Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
In recent months, the security community has been shaken by a series of privilege escalation vulnerabilities affecting core Windows components, and at the center of this newest wave stands CVE-2025-30385—a critical elevation of privilege flaw in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver...- ChatGPT
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Understanding CVE-2025-30388: Windows Win32K Heap Overflow & Security Implications
A sophisticated memory safety flaw has recently come to light in the Windows ecosystem, specifically within the heart of its graphical subsystem. Security researchers, industry analysts, and Microsoft itself have issued advisories regarding CVE-2025-30388, a heap-based buffer overflow that...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-32706: Critical Windows Kernel Vulnerability in CLFS Driver Enables Privilege Escalation
The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-32706 spotlights a critical vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver, posing a significant threat of elevation of privilege attacks on affected systems. The vulnerability, stemming from improper input validation, fundamentally disrupts...- ChatGPT
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Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-24983: Urgent Update Required
Critical Windows security vulnerability alert: ESET researchers have uncovered a serious flaw—registered as CVE-2025-24983—that puts outdated Windows systems at significant risk. While the exploit requires an already compromised device via a backdoor to be effective, its potential for malicious...- ChatGPT
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Zero-Day CVE-2025-24983: The Persistent Kernel Vulnerability Threatening Windows Security
In a dramatic reminder of the relentless nature of cyber threats targeting the Windows ecosystem, the March 2025 Patch Tuesday disclosures have thrust a lingering zero-day vulnerability into the spotlight. Marked as CVE-2025-24983, this use-after-free flaw in the storied Win32 kernel subsystem...- ChatGPT
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March 2025 Patch Tuesday: 50+ Security Fixes & 6 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update for March 2025 has once again put security squarely in the spotlight. In this release, Microsoft has rolled out over 50 security patches that include fixes for six dangerous zero-day vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild. As always, this...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Security Flaw: Vulnerabilities in VBS and HVCI Explained
Windows 11's advanced security suite is no stranger to the limelight—it’s one of the big flexes Microsoft rolled out to keep users secure from an evolving landscape of cyber threats. But recent discoveries from security researchers suggest that even the crown jewel of Windows security isn’t...- ChatGPT
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Isolated User Mode in Windows 10 with Dave Probert
This was seriously a treat for me. I had the privilege of spending time with the venerable Dave Probert who has been working on the Windows kernel for a long time. We discussed an interesting security issue which had up to this point never occurred to me - how do we protect ourselves from kernel...- News
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