A new exploit for IE9 bypasses all security measures in even the latest fully patched version of Windows 7, according to a French security company Vupen. The exploit uses an unpatched zero-day ...

It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not impacted in any way by the vulnerabilities addressed in the six Security Bulletins released by Microsoft for the November Patch Tuesday. It would ...

Although Microsoft has patched multiple DLL load hijacking vulnerabilities since last summer, Windows and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) can still be exploited, a security company warned today. Microsoft ...

A pair of Windows bloggers posted more proof-of-concept code today that subverts an important security feature of Windows 7, a problem that Microsoft knew about as long ago as last October and that ...

Cybersecurity firm ESET discovered a Windows zero-day exploit that affects older systems like Windows 7 and Server 2008. Called CVE-2019-1132, it is a privilege escalation issue linked to how the ...

What even is the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool? Is it something I'm ever going to want to turn back on? Google makes it sound like something that only gets used if you call Microsoft Support. If ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This article is more than 4 years old. I'm an old punk rocker, ...

For September’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft provided several updates to fix 59 vulnerabilities. Microsoft classifies five vulnerabilities as critical and the rest, with the exception of one, as high risk ...

A pair of Windows bloggers posted more proof-of-concept code today that subverts an important security feature of Windows 7, a problem Microsoft knew about as long ago as last October and which one of ...

A critical code execution zero-day in all supported versions of Windows has been under active exploit for seven weeks, giving attackers a reliable means for installing malware without triggering ...