Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Israeli security outfit Check Point Software Technologies, has disclosed details of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the popular photo- and video-sharing app Instagram, that has close to a billion users.
The provision of a Linux subsystem on Windows systems — a new Windows 10 feature known as Subsystem for Linux (WSL) — has made it possible to run known malware on such systems and bypass even the most common security solutions, security researchers at Check Point claim.