#windows

Microsoft this week pushed security updates to fix more than 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including at least one zero-day bug that is already being exploited. Microsoft also fixed a glitch that prevented some Windows 10 users from taking advantage of an extra year of security updates, which is nice because the zero-day flaw and other critical weaknesses patched today affect all versions of Windows, including Windows 10.

November “In the Trend of VM” (#21): vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux. The usual monthly roundup. After several months, here’s a big one. 🔥 🗞 Post on Habr (rus)🗞 Post on SecurityLab (rus)🗒 Digest on the PT website (rus) A total of nine vulnerabilities: 🔻 RCE – Windows Server Update […]

## Summary Dragging a file whose filename contains HTML is reflected verbatim into the page via the drag-and-drop helper, so any user who drops a crafted file on PrivateBin will execute arbitrary JavaScript within their own session (self-XSS). This allows an attacker who can entice a victim to drag or otherwise attach such a file to exfiltrate plaintext, encryption keys, or stored pastes before they are encrypted or sent. **Note 1:** as the malicious filename must contain the `>` character, the victim must not be using Windows for this to work, since this OS simply forbids this character in filenames. **Note 2:** most PrivateBin instances use the Content-Security-Policy header to prevent most use-cases of this vulnerability. This report will describe the impact as if this header had been disabled by the PrivateBin instance owner. ## Affected versions PrivateBin versions since 1.7.7. ## Conditions * Only macIOS or Linux users are affected, due to the way the `>` character is trea...

November Microsoft Patch Tuesday. A total of 65 vulnerabilities. I’m not comparing this with the October report because I’ve decided to cover only MSPT-day vulnerabilities. The thing is, Microsoft has started massively adding Linux-product vulnerabilities to their official website, and these clutter the “extended” MSPT reports. 🤷‍♂️ There is one vulnerability with evidence of in-the-wild […]

Contacted out of the blue for a virtual interview? Be cautious. Attackers are using fake interviews to slip malware onto your device.

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT42 has been observed targeting individuals and organizations that are of interest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as part of a new espionage-focused campaign. The activity, detected in early September 2025 and assessed to be ongoing, has been codenamed SpearSpecter by the Israel National Digital Agency (INDA). "The

Key Takeaways: 85 active ransomware and extortion groups observed in Q3 2025, reflecting the most decentralized ransomware ecosystem to date. 1,590 victims disclosed across 85 leak sites, showing high, sustained activity despite law-enforcement pressure. 14 new ransomware brands launched this quarter, proving how quickly affiliates reconstitute after takedowns. LockBit’s reappearance with

### Description of Vulnerability: An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users. AWS recommends that customers upgrade to the following version: AWS NodeJS Wrapper to v2.0.1. ### Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim [allistair.hakim@gmail.com](mailto:allistair.hakim@gmail.com) ### Affected products & versions: AWS NodeJS Wrapper < 2.0.1. ### Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux

### Description of Vulnerability: An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users. AWS recommends customers upgrade to the following versions: AWS Go Wrapper to 2025-10-17. ### Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim [allistair.hakim@gmail.com](mailto:allistair.hakim@gmail.com) ### Affected products & versions: AWS Go Wrapper < 2025-10-17. ### Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux

### Description of Vulnerability: An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users. AWS recommends for customers to upgrade to the following versions: AWS JDBC Wrapper to v2.6.5 or greater. ### Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim [allistair.hakim@gmail.com](mailto:allistair.hakim@gmail.com) ### Affected products & versions: AWS JDBC Wrapper < 2.6.5 ### Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux