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Zero-day exploit bypasses Windows security features, affects Lenovo ThinkPads – WinBeta


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Zero-day exploit bypasses Windows security features, affects Lenovo ThinkPads
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A zero-day exploit has been discovered in a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) driver, this exploit allows the attacker to remove the write protection that is on the flash memory, giving them open-ended access to run any scripts that they

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LevelDropper: Auto-rooting Android malware bypasses Google Play security – Inquirer


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LevelDropper: Auto-rooting Android malware bypasses Google Play security
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YOUR LATEST Android security worry is an 'auto-rooting' malware threat dubbed LevelDropper that silently roots a device in order to load it full of crap apps. Researchers at Lookout uncovered the LevelDropper threat, which has bypassed Google Play's …

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Former BlueHat Prize winner pwns Microsoft, researcher bypasses all EMET protections

At BSides security conference in San Francisco, Bromium Labs’ security researcher Jared DeMott showed attack code capable of bypassing “all of the protections” in Microsoft’s free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 4.1.
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