PatchGuard

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2021
Experts devised a new attack to bypass Microsoft PatchGuard

A security researcher discovered a bug in PatchGuard Windows security feature that can allow loading unsigned malicious code into the Windows kernel. Japanese researcher Kento Oki has discovered a bug in PatchGuard that could be exploited by an attacker to load unsigned malicious code into the Windows operating system kernel. The PatchGuard, also known as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2017
Experts devised the GhostHook Attack technique to bypass Windows 10 PatchGuard Protections

Experts have devised the GhostHook Attack technique to install rootkits on machines running the Windows 10 operating system. Security flaws in Microsoft PatchGuard kernel protection could be exploited by attackers to install rootkits on machines running the secure Windows 10 operating system. The PatchGuard, also known as Kernel Patch Protection, is a software protection utility that been […]