Hackers commonly bypass Microsoft Windows kernel protections to enable cheating in competitive online games, new research shows. Academics at the University of Birmingham performed a technical ...

Signed kernel drivers – Unguarded gateway to Windows’ core ESET researchers look at malware that abuses vulnerabilities in kernel drivers and outline mitigation techniques against this type of ...

Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access Microsoft blocks a new batch of system drivers, but the loophole empowering them remains.

So we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as Windows 6.1 - which is what you will see in the actual version of the product in cmd.exe or computer properties.

Proof-of-concept code was published detailing a zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability while a Windows Trojan is currently circulating ransomware in active attacks on the Web.