Four-Byte Write and Timing Bug Let Researchers Run Code in Windows SmartScreen Enclavehttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/four-byte-write-and-timing-bug-let.html
Security researchers ran their own code inside a protected part of Windows that is meant to stay sealed off even when the rest of the computer is taken over. The protected area is a VBS enclave, an isolated slice of memory the operating system uses to guard secrets, and the one they broke into handles passwords for a Windows anti-phishing feature. The work was done in a lab as a proof of