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A new threat to the Windows print spooler

Posted on August 16, 2020 at 20:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

PATCH WATCH

By Susan Bradley

The 2020 virtual Black Hat USA 2020 and DEF CON 28 security conferences are now history.

These were two for the books: totally virtual conferences. Instead of masses of hackers, hacker wannabees, security researchers, and government employees gathering in hot Las Vegas, everyone was online and watching from home.

One of the highlights of these shows is the development and unveiling of new exploits — by security researchers, not malicious hackers. Typically companies such as Microsoft scramble to patch the vulnerabilities revealed at these two conferences.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.32.0 (2020-08-17).

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