A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I ...

CVE-2026-32202 actively exploited after April 27 advisory fix, exposing NTLMv2 hashes via zero-click SMB authentication.

Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft ...

A Windows vulnerability that lets attackers steal login credentials without the victim clicking, opening, or even seeing a ...

A zero-day BlueHammer exploit was recently published on GitHub in response to alleged MSRC failures, and although Microsoft has released a patch, it was live for two weeks.

The leak online of exploit code for an apparent Windows zero-day flaw dubbed "BlueHammer" could be the sign of a larger issue that security researchers face when collaborating with Microsoft on ...

Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft's built-in security platform; two are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 15, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, ...

The exploit uses an insecure behavior of Windows Defender and a file API to secure system rights. It is still unpatched.

At least 11 state-backed hacking groups from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China have been exploiting a new Windows vulnerability in data theft and cyber espionage zero-day attacks since 2017.

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...

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