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DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’

The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government among its customers.

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Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company’s Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users “into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad,” as reported earlier by The Register. Clicking the link

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