Microsoft issues patches for two zero-day flaws

Date: 13 November 2024.

The Hacker News report that Microsoft has "revealed that two security flaws impacting Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) and Task Scheduler have come under active exploitation in the wild".

A Zero-Day patch is issued by a developer when they discover a flaw which has been exploited without their knowledge.

Source: The Hacker News.

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26 November 2024.

The Hacker News reported that a threat actor known as RomCom has been subsequently linked to the zero-day exploitation of a security flaw in Microsoft Windows.

"In a successful attack, if a victim browses a web page containing the exploit, an adversary can run arbitrary code – without any user interaction required (zero click) – which in this case led to the installation of RomCom's backdoor on the victim's computer," ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

The flaw is reported to have been patched by Microsoft in November 2024.

Read more: RomCom exploits Zero-Day Windows flaw in sophisticated cyberattacks.

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