Hewlett Packard’s Zero Day Initiative has released information about a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that empowers the attacker to remotely execute code. The bug was discovered by Peter ‘corelanc0d3r’ Van Eeckhoutte of the Corelan Team. ZDI disclosed the vulnerability to Microsoft in October, which confirmed it in February. In keeping with its policy […]
Researchers at Symantec say the Elderwood attack platform is at the center of numerous zero-day attacks launched by hacker crews around the world this year. The Elderwood platform has been linked to multiple zero-day exploits during the past few years that have been used to target a variety of sectors, from the defense industry to […]
Microsoft pushed out critical patches for Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer today as the company closed the door on support for Windows XP. All totaled, four security bulletins were issued to cover several vulnerabilities across Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows and Office. The top priority for the month should be MS14-018 and MS14-017, which address issues […]
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