As Microsoft hardens its defenses with tools such as Control Flow Guard, researchers at Endgame are preparing for the reality of Counterfeit Object-Oriented Programming attacks to move from theoretical to real.

Microsoft patched a zero-day vulnerability actively used in a campaign by a hacking group known as Zirconium.

With Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release tomorrow, the countdown begins for application developers to button down code ahead of Microsoft’s new servicing model starting in October that could present vulnerability issues for some businesses. “Tomorrow it’s going to be business as usual, but it will also raise anxiety as we get closer to October,” said Chris...