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Anthony Spadafora

Urgent Windows security flaw lets hackers infect your PC over Wi-Fi — update right now

LG Gram 17 Pro (2023) review unit on table outdoors running Windows 11.

Hackers often use malicious documents or pirated software as a means of getting their malware onto vulnerable devices, but a new Windows flaw could let them do so over Wi-Fi.

As reported by Forbes, this new Wi-Fi vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2024-30078) affects all versions of Windows, and if exploited, it can be used by an attacker to infect vulnerable PCs with malware.

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