MSN: The Ultimate Bsod — This Windows Driver Security Flaw Could Crash Your Whole System, and Microsoft Is Still Yet to Fix It

Posted on August 20, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have found a new vulnerability in Windows that allows threat actors to completely brick devices and cause serious data loss.

Originally published on MSN.

Excerpt:  

“The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-6768, and carries a severity score of 6.8 (medium). Even though this score might indicate low disruptive potential, Fortra’s researchers said the flaw could render systems unstable, and even facilitate Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Threat actors could use it to repeatedly crash vulnerable systems.”

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