New Windows zero-day turns Microsoft's own security fix into a path to full system access
Summary
This latest exploit is called SignDrop. It comes from Abdelhamid Naceri, a former Microsoft employee who has been dumping unpatched Windows bugs online under the name Nightmare Eclipse since April. He published the code on GitHub on Tuesday, just as Microsoft was rolling out its November security updates.
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New Windows zero-day turns Microsoft's own security fix into a path to full system access
This latest exploit is called SignDrop. It comes from Abdelhamid Naceri, a former Microsoft employee who has been dumping unpatched Windows bugs online under the name Nightmare Eclipse since April. He published the code on GitHub on Tuesday, just as Microsoft was rolling out...
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