Windows 10 rootkit flaw identified by researchers

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WPBT flaw could enable malicious actors to install rootkits on Windows devices
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WPBT flaw could enable malicious actors to install rootkits on Windows devices

Security firm Eclypsium has uncovered a weakness in the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) in Windows 8 and 10

Researchers at cyber security firm Eclypsium have uncovered a weakness in the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) mechanism that could enable threat actors to install rootkits on machine...

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