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PrintNightmare is a critical security vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Windows operating system. [ 2][ 5] The vulnerability occurred within the print spooler service. [ 6][ 7] There were two variants, one permitting remote code execution (CVE-2021-34527), and the other leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-1675). [ 7][ 8] A third ...
EternalBlue[ 5] is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [ 6] It is based on a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that allowed users to gain access to any number of computers connected to a network. The NSA knew about this vulnerability but did not disclose it to Microsoft for several years, since ...
Proprietary. Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials in ...
BlueKeep ( CVE - 2019-0708) is a security vulnerability that was discovered in Microsoft 's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation, which allows for the possibility of remote code execution . First reported in May 2019, it is present in all unpatched Windows NT-based versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 2000 through Windows Server ...
These features are extensible by scripts that provide more advanced service detection, [7] vulnerability detection, [7] and other features. Nmap can adapt to network conditions including latency and congestion during a scan. Nmap started as a Linux utility [8] and was ported to other systems including Windows, macOS, and BSD. [9]
In 1998 Renaud Deraison created The Nessus Project as a free remote security scanner. [2] On October 5 2005, with the release of Nessus 3, the project changed from the GNU General Public License to a proprietary license.
Directory traversal attack. A directory traversal (or path traversal) attack exploits insufficient security validation or sanitization of user-supplied file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the operating system's file system API. An affected application can be exploited to gain ...
Microsoft Safety Scanner. Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free time-limited virus scan utility similar to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. It is used to scan a system for computer viruses and other forms of malware. It was released on 15 April 2011, following the discontinuation of the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner.