Security Update Guide Improvement – Representing Hotpatch Updates

Today we are updating the way Microsoft Security Update Guide SUG represents the Windows Hotpatch feature to make it easier for users to identify the hotpatch and security updates. Hotpatching was introduced a year ago as a new way to install updates on supported Windows Server Azure Edition...

Important: log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch

Issue Overview: Versions of the Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.3-5 are affected by a race condition that could lead to a local privilege escalation. The Apache Log4j Hotpatch is not a replacement for updating to a log4j version that mitigates CVE-2021-44228 o...

Platinum APT First to Abuse Intel Chip Management Feature

Advanced attackers operating in Southeast Asia are abusing a feature in Intel chips to quietly load malware and exploits onto compromised machines. Microsoft on Thursday published its latest research into a group it calls Platinum, which is keen on using previously untapped resources to stealthil...

Windows Atom Tables Can Be Abused for Code Injection Attacks

Researchers have identified a way attackers could use atom tables in all versions of Windows to inject malicious code into a computer and bypass detection by security products at the same time. The technique has been nicknamed AtomBombing by researchers at enSilo, and opens the door to perform...

Platinum APT Group Abuses Windows Hotpatching

An obscure Windows feature known as hotpatching, missing in the OS since the introduction of Windows 8, is a preferred tool used by a resourced attack group called Platinum that was uncovered by Microsoft. The group has carried out targeted attacks in South and Southeast Asia since at least 2009,...

Microsoft Fixes ASLR/DEP Bypass Bug

Buried in the details of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday release for August is the explanation of an important change that the company made to Windows that defeats a group of exploit mitigation bypasses. The change is a small one, but it prevents dangerous attacks that previously worked on most...