SeriousSAM

Laptop security

CISA says to urgently patch actively exploited SeriousSAM/HiveNightmare flaw affecting Windows 11

The CISA (US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has published a list of 15 actively exploited software vulnerabilities, encouraging users of Windows and macOS to install the available patches.

Included in the list is the SeriousSAM vulnerability that is also known as HiveNightmare affects Windows 10 and 11. Tracked as CVE-2021-36934, this is a local privilege escalation vulnerability that makes it possible for an attacker to grab password hashes from the registry and gain admin privileges.

By Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson -
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