Windows zero-day actively exploited to spy on European diplomats

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• WagnasT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  While Microsoft told BleepingComputer in March that it would “consider addressing” this zero-day flaw, even though it “does not meet the bar for immediate servicing,” it has yet to release security updates to patch this heavily exploited Windows vulnerability.

  Sure, they have to triage threats to mitigate but you’d think active exploitation campaigns would bump up the priority a bit.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The main issue with this is that the computer is compromised before this attack can occur. The user has already fallen prey to a virus. This exploit isn’t a super urgent priority really because it only affects already compromised PCs.

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  However, user interaction is required for successful exploitation, as it involves tricking potential victims into visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file.

  So it’s essentially just user error, with the user downloading a virus.

  They definitely made it sound more “fuck windows!” in the title though, which is nice hey?

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• bluesocks@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Haha!

  Those morons get what they deserve for being stupid!

  Corrupt bastards couldn’t even fathom not giving an american corpo their money.

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• Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I'm sorry, who the heck made the PRC stars white‽

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