Two Windows Vulnerabilities, One a 0-Day, Are Under Active Exploitation
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A recent discovery of two Windows vulnerabilities, including a 0-day, has sparked concern among HN users as they are being actively exploited, with discussions focusing on potential mitigations and the importance of timely patching.
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Will humanity survive LLM GIGO?
If anything else, this just shows that we need more layered security for everything, even the ancient parts of the OS.
> On Thursday, security firm Arctic Wolf reported that it observed a China-aligned threat group, tracked as UNC-6384, exploiting CVE-2025-9491 in attacks against various European nations.
So as long as the China hasn't exploited it: Nothing to see here please move along. But hey, we have passkeys and biometric authentication, and secure boot and TLS. /s