Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture.

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You have been warned — do not hit delete. You won’t like this. If you’re at risk from this Windows security vulnerability, the fix is a nightmare unless you’re a fairly expert user. That’s not ideal, ...

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A recent Windows security update that creates an ‘inetpub’ folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent the installation of future updates. After people installed this month's ...

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