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From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearths privilege escalation flaw

April 8, 2019 admin Blue Hat, cybersecurity, DoublePulsar, Endpoint security, exploit, kernel driver, kernel sensors, kernel-mode attacks, Microsoft Defender ATP, privlege escalation, responsible vulnerability disclosure, Vulnerability, Windows Defender ATP

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:00:07 +0000

Our discovery of two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in a driver highlights the strength of Microsoft Defender ATP’s sensors. These sensors expose anomalous behavior and give SecOps personnel the intelligence and tools to investigate threats, as we did.

The post From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearths privilege escalation flaw appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:06:53 +0000

The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.

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