Indeed - hotpatching support was removed in Windows 8. Apparently it was only ever used in a few updates, and some unscrupulous folks took advantage of the capa

Indeed - hotpatching support was removed in Windows 8. Apparently it was only ever used in a few updates, and some unscrupulous folks took advantage of the capability: https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-group-platinum-used-windows-own-patching-system-against-it/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-group-plati...