@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.socialM to Cybersecurity News@lemmy.capebreton.social • 9 months agoHackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of itarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkHackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of itarstechnica.com@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.socialM to Cybersecurity News@lemmy.capebreton.social • 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarestankmutlinkfedilinkEnglish16•9 months agoThe exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink11•edit-29 months agoIf malware has admin privileges isn’t the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.
minus-square@breakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•9 months agoAh, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway
The exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.
If malware has admin privileges isn’t the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.
Ah, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway