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ATLANTA (CNN) — Microsoft is urging Windows users to immediately install an update after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in the operating system. The security flaw, known as PrintNightmare, affects the Windows Print Spooler service. Researchers at cybersecurity company Sangfor accidentally published a how-to guide for exploiting it. The researchers tweeted in late May that they had found vulnerabilities in Print Spooler, which allows multiple users to access a printer. They...

Photo: Nicolas Asfouri, Getty Images Windows users, listen up. Microsoft has released an emergency patch for a critical security bug dubbed “PrintNightmare.” Per Microsoft, attackers can take advantage of this vulnerability to install malicious code, view or change a person’s data, or even “create new accounts with full user rights” — so download the fix sooner, rather than later. The PrintNightmare bug — tracked by Microsoft under the name CVE-2021-34527 — targets Window’s Pr...

PrintNightmare vulnerability explained: Exploits, patches, and workarounds Public exploits are available for a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler that could allow attackers to take full control of systems. The vulnerability affects all editions of Windows and organisations are urged to deploy the patches as soon as possible. Credit: Dreamstime Microsoft has started releasing emergency security updates to fix a publicly disclosed remote code execution ...

Microsoft is starting to roll out patches for the “PrintNightmare” vulnerability, which can help a hacker remotely take over a Windows PC.  The patches target most versions of Windows, including the latest version of Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 7 Service Pack 1. However, the company has yet to release the security fixes for Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012. The available patches should install automatically via Windows Update. For PCs running the newes...

Microsoft fixes critical bug that could exploit personal data of Windows users Microsoft fixes critical bug that could exploit personal data of Windows users Microsoft has now rolled out an emergency Windows patch to address the vulnerability that was found in the Windows Print Spooler service. advertisement HIGHLIGHTS Microsft has started rolling out emergency Windows patch to address the vulnerability that was found in the Windows Print Spooler service. The researchers had revealed that the ...

ELECTRONIC WEAPONS: Vulnerabilities Without End  July 4, 2021: Several years ago, in response to staff complaints, the CIA decided to replace its custom-made encrypted Fax machines with an encrypted email system called Gray Magic. The encrypted fax machines were mainly used for the CIA to communicate with its many contractors who developed and produced new equipment. While these special FAX machines were secure (difficult to intercept and/or decode) they w...

Copy Another potential mitigation has emerged for the PrintNightmare zero-day vuln, which lets low-privileged users execute code as SYSTEM on Windows domain controllers: remove those people from a backwards-compatibility group. The zero-day hole came to light earlier this week after an infosec research firm mistakenly published proof-of-concept exploit code for a remote-code execution (RCE) vuln it had nicknamed PrintNightmare. Sangfor Technologies published the exploit for the vulnerability af...

Copy Updated Microsoft on Monday released its first Windows 11 Insider Preview build (22000.51) to its Dev channel. It also took the opportunity to tackle head on the criticism it faced over the operating systems tough hardware requirements. A Microsoft document [PDF] released last week details the hardware requirements for Windows 11. It states TPM 2.0 support is required: "All device models, lines or series must implement and be in compliance with the International Standard ISO/IE C 11889:201...

The rollout of the free upgrade to Windows 11 for Windows 10 devices in use won’t roll out until next year, according to a tweet from Microsoft’s verified account for the Windows operating system. The 2022 rollout will happen through the first half of that year, according to the tweet. Windows 11 is due later this year and will be delivered “over several months,” according to the tweet sent last Friday. Windows 11 is due out later in 2021 and will be delivered over several months. The r...

Rechteausweitung in Windows: Microsoft verbockt Sicherheitsupdate Microsoft hat laut eigenen Angaben mit dem Juni Patch-Day einen Fehler behoben, der von Unbefugten zur Rechteausweitung genutzt werden konnte. Nun meldet allerdings der Forscher, der die Schwachstelle entdeckt hatte, dass die Behebung unvollständig ist. Es geht bei der Sicherheitslücke um die mögliche Umgehung von Sicherheitsfunktionen von Windows TCP/IP-Treibern, wodurch ein Angreifer in der Lage wäre, sich selbst weitere Re...