New Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability Lets JavaScript Files Bypass Security Warnings

A new Windows zero-day bug has been used by threat actors in ransomware attacks. The vulnerability allows threat actors to bypass Mark-of-the-Web security warnings through stand-alone JavaScript files. Mark-of-the-Web (MoTW) is a security feature included by Windows, that flags files as having been downloaded from the Internet, and thus, should be treated with caution as […]

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