Microsoft Reveals 78% of Exploited Vulnerabilities Enable System Takeover and Privilege Escalation

Microsoft Reveals 78% of Exploited Vulnerabilities Enable System Takeover and Privilege Escalation

Microsoft’s new research shows that attackers pick flaws that give them control of a system. About 78% of vulnerabilities exploited in real attacks let an attacker take over a system or raise their privileges. The finding comes from a data study published on November 2, 2026, by Microsoft Security Research. Software flaws keep piling up. […]

Microsoft Analyzes 383,000 Security Vulnerabilities and Reveals Which Flaws Hackers Exploit Most

Microsoft’s analysis of approximately 383,000 disclosed vulnerabilities shows that attackers overwhelmingly favor weaknesses enabling system takeover… Read more →