BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend have all been confirmed to be undergoing active exploitation in the wild, and it's not hard to imagine the others are as well, as Eclipse's publications of full or partial proof-of-concept code made it trivial for an interested party to use them.
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rgd1101 I don't get why MS does this. is not like they going to stop looking for zero day windows exploits. Reply
RxBrad I mean… the AI Bros are also taking the vindictive route on security. "AI found this. We're breaking embargo on every CVE report, so you use the same AI we did that found this." Reply
chaos215bar2 rgd1101 said: I don't get why MS does this. is not like they going to stop looking for zero day windows exploits. All this proves is why one company should not be allowed to control so many services. Using GitHub to punish a security researcher for releasing information about Windows exploits is inappropriate and certainly isn't going to stop them from releasing similar information in the future. If anything, this is just going to encourage them to look ever harder for damaging zero-days. Reply
Findecanor So fire will rain down on Microsoft on 14 juillet you say? Tremble, tyrants and ye traitors! The disgrace of all parties, tremble! Your parricidal schemes will finally receive their due! (That was the least bloody verse I could find in La Marseillaise…. Yikes) Reply
SmokyBarnable “Flowchart followers”. Almost every line of work has more experienced people denigrating the less experienced, but in tech it’s extreme. Now less experienced people can’t even get jobs because they’re being replaced by more experienced people using AI. That’ll show those diaper shitters! Reply
DS426 Microsoft's massive bureaucracy of position levels and rigid policies has allowed them to lose control of the optics of this situation, one which is only going from bad to worse. Of course, M$ usually doesn't even seem to be aware of the optics on the things they do (and don't do), so what else could anyone really expect? BTW, July 14th is the Patch Tuesday for the month of July, so that date makes sense for some fireworks. I suspect we'll also see another zero day or two on or around June 9th. Reply
ezst036 Just another day, and more abusive BS from Microsoft. Microsoft has no business anywhere in the consumer space. We need a wall of separation between Microsoft and consumers. They need to be quarantined into the B-to-B realm. The only way Microsoft treats you fairly is if you've got a million dollar+ contract with them. And I bet even some businesses also have their tales of abuse and harassment also. It's just………… who they are. They can't help themselves. Reply
hotaru251 add another reason for people to leave windows…they actively fight & ban the ones trying to report vulnerabilities 😐 Reply
Spuwho This is typical Microsoft. Pre Windows Update, we used to open defects with them and they refused to service us unless we installed some service pack. We finally turned it back on them and said they would have to describe how the SP fixed our issue because if we installed said SP it broke the OS. That broke the process chart they kept throwing at us. Reply
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