All posts tagged "Windows security"
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4.5KMalwareResearchers Find 34 Windows Drivers Vulnerable to Full Device Takeover
As many as 34 unique vulnerable Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) drivers could be exploited by non-privileged threat...
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3.2KMalwareThis Malware Turned Thousands of Hacked Windows and macOS PCs into Proxy Servers
Threat actors are leveraging access to malware-infected Windows and macOS machines to deliver a proxy server application and use them as exit...
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3.8KVulnerabilitiesNoFilter Attack: Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method Bypasses Windows Security
A previously undetected attack method called NoFilter has been found to abuse the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) to achieve privilege escalation in...
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4.8KMalwareIranian Hackers’ Sophisticated Malware Targets Windows and macOS Users
The Iranian nation-state actor known as TA453 has been linked to a new set of spear-phishing attacks that infect both Windows and...
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2.8KVulnerabilitiesMicrosoft Releases Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in Windows and Other Software
Microsoft has rolled out fixes for its Windows operating system and other software components to remediate major security shortcomings as part of...
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3.3KMalwareMicrosoft Issues January 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates, Warns of Zero-Day Exploit
The first Patch Tuesday fixes shipped by Microsoft for 2023 have addressed a total of 98 security flaws, including one bug that...
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3.8KMalwareAsian Governments and Organizations Targeted in Latest Cyber Espionage Attacks
Government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries have been targeted by a distinct group of espionage hackers as part...
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3.8KMalwareDoNot Team Hackers Updated its Malware Toolkit with Improved Capabilities
The Donot Team threat actor has updated its Jaca Windows malware toolkit with improved capabilities, including a revamped stealer module designed to...
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1.6KMalwareResearchers Warn of Raspberry Robin’s Worm Targeting Windows Users
Cybersecurity researchers are drawing attention to an ongoing wave of attacks linked to a threat cluster tracked as Raspberry Robin that’s behind...
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4.6KMalwareResearchers Warn of ‘Raspberry Robin’ Malware Spreading via External Drives
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Windows malware with worm-like capabilities and is propagated by means of removable USB devices. Attributing the...
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850MalwareMicrosoft Exposes Evasive Chinese Tarrask Malware Attacking Windows Computers
The Chinese-backed Hafnium hacking group has been linked to a piece of a new malware that’s used to maintain persistence on compromised...
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1.0KMalwareMicrosoft Temporarily Disables MSIX App Installers to Prevent Malware Abuse
Microsoft last week announced that it’s temporarily disabling the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler in Windows following evidence that a security vulnerability in...
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2.0KVulnerabilitiesCISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging federal agencies to secure their systems against an actively exploited security vulnerability...
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2.1KMalwareResearchers Decrypted Qakbot Banking Trojan’s Encrypted Registry Keys
Cybersecurity researchers have decoded the mechanism by which the versatile Qakbot banking trojan handles the insertion of encrypted configuration data into the...
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2.8KVulnerabilitiesMicrosoft Warns of Another Unpatched Windows Print Spooler RCE Vulnerability
A day after releasing Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft acknowledged yet another remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler component, adding...
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328Hacked9 Out Of 10 Windows Security Flaws Could Be Avoided By Just Removing Admin Rights
Short Bytes: The security firm Avecto has just released its security report on Windows operating system. The report outlines an important result...
