Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group
August 19, 2024 at 03:15AM A critical privilege escalation bug in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for WinSock, tracked as CVE-2024-38193, was exploited by North Korean state-sponsored actor Lazarus Group. The flaw allowed unauthorized access to sensitive system areas and was addressed in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update. The attacks also involved the use of … Read more