CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 and that Windows 10 was better than the Enterprise could have imagined. This year, two of 2014’s biggest stories will intersect as security and Windows 10 prepare to re-shape the Enterprise.

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DevOps.com

MAY 19, 2021

The post Hysolate Launches Free OS Isolation Offering, Taking Windows Sandbox Technology to the Next Level appeared first on DevOps.com.

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The Parallax

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The attack relies on the ability to run or change software on Windows by running a DLL file , a small piece of software that tells other software how to perform its tasks. The malware released last month or last year is not as dangerous as the one released in the past few minutes,” de Carné de Carnavalet says.

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Tenable

APRIL 8, 2025

Important CVE-2025-29824 | Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2025-29824 is an EoP vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver. Microsoft identified this vulnerability in ransomware deployed by the PipeMagic malware via the group tracked as Storm-2460.

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Windows Azure Malware Media 82

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Microsoft has begun a project that will make Linux’s eBPF available on Windows. Windows eBPF will be bytecode compatible with Linux. OpenAI has shut down the accounts of threat actors using GPT for a number of activities including developing malware, generating and propagating misinformation, and phishing. Python 3.13

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Artificial Inteligence Trends Software Review Open Source 109

Ooda Loop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

ScarCruft, a threat actor linked to North Korea, is being connected to the exploitation of a Windows zero-day. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-38178, is being used to infect devices with RokRAT malware. The exploit is a memory corruption bug that can allow remote code execution. RokRAT can receive and execute commands from […]

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Lacework

JULY 15, 2022

This ancient technique has found its place in the world of malware, namely hiding malicious code within other files including image formatted files ( T1027.003 ). General indicators and signatures for steg malware are provided in the hunting section. Steg malware is uncommon relative to other malware. Malware Details.

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Tenable

JANUARY 14, 2020

Microsoft kicks off the first Patch Tuesday of 2020 with the disclosure of CVE-2020-0601, a highly critical flaw in the cryptographic library for Windows. The tweet further explains that the vulnerability exists in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and the flaw “makes trust vulnerable.”. Background.

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Windows Report Malware Fashion 20

The Parallax

JUNE 18, 2018

On May 25, the FBI issued a clarion call to a broad swath of Wi-Fi router owners: To clear out a potential botnet malware infection, reboot your router. The malware, VPNFilter, allowed hackers to snoop on all traffic passing through the router, including stealing website log-ins, as well as disable the device.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 22, 2023

Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020. The speed, volume and sophistication of modern malware attacks has made them more difficult to detect.

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Dzone - DevOps

JUNE 5, 2020

Buyers are teenagers and other thrill-seekers who buy such malware on the Net and use it to collect and sell personal and financial data from target devices. The first group includes beginners who use well-known codes and utilities to create something resembling simple malicious software.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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Malware Windows SMB Groups 82

The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2024

Pero antes incluso de empezar: parece que, por muy atractiva que sea la historia, Southwest Airlines no era inmune al fallo CrowdStrike porque sus servidores funcionan con Windows 3.1. Para una visión en profundidad, véase No, Southwest Airlines no sigue utilizando Windows 3.1 – OSnews ). Érase una vez el malware.

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Airlines Windows Malware DevOps 177

The Parallax

MARCH 20, 2018

T o create layers of obfuscation that hide an attack’s origins, Grange says, Inception Framework then reroutes its malicious messages at least three times through the hijacked routers before ultimately sending them to their targets, or allowing the hidden malware to communicate with its control server.

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Malware Internet IoT Research 223

CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Have you transitioned from Windows 10 to Windows 11? Award-winning HP Wolf endpoint security uses AI-based protection to defend against known and unknown malware. Assess your starting position How old is your current device fleet? What kind of requests and tech issues are coming up regularly?

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Windows Malware Training Tools 174

Ooda Loop

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The campaign involves getting targets to download malware from a website which hosts anti-mobilization content. Russia has launched a cyber campaign targeting Ukrainian military recruits. Russia has begun a campaign to target Ukrainian military recruits.

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Malware Recruiting Windows Mobile 64

The Parallax

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Barisani, the head of hardware security research at F-Secure, looked for vulnerabilities in Secure Boot , an anti-malware component of UEFI that began replacing the traditional BIOS in Windows 8, and makes the booting process more secure. A mandatory feature of Windows 10 installations, it has helped and hindered Windows security.

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Weak Development Team Software Review Hardware Windows 48

CIO

JULY 16, 2024

Please forgive my skepticism, but isn’t there an entire class of malware that works by gaining control of the victim’s PC? Lots of vulnerabilities are exploited right now by hapless users inadvertently installing malware that lets intruders control their PC remotely. What could possibly go wrong?

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Weak Development Team Malware Windows Technical Review 190

Tenable

MAY 1, 2024

Tenable Cloud Security is enhancing its capabilities with malware detection. Even though cloud adoption has become mainstream, many threats and attack tactics still rely on malware payloads. Tenable Cloud Security can now find malware in many different cloud workloads. The addition of malware detection enhances this approach.

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Malware Cloud Linux Analysis 78

Tenable

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, a post on the CrowdStrike subreddit revealed that the 3CX desktop app, a softphone client for both Windows and Mac, was compromised and trojanized. msi aa124a4b4df12b34e74ee7f6c683b2ebec4ce9a8edcf9be345823b4fdcf5d868 Windows 18.12.416 3cxdesktopapp-18.12.416.msi However, the post does not mention its macOS desktop app.

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Windows Report VOIP Research 102

CIO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A case in point is how Intel helps their OEM customers by providing software tools that test for malware. When code is executed in Windows, the Intel code examines the instruction stream in the CPU. Using adaptive learning signature algorithms, it looks for anomalies in the code that match a malware signature.

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Artificial Inteligence Malware Artificial Intelligence Windows 207

Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Elastic Security Labs has discovered a new post-exploitation malware kit which targets both Windows and Linux systems. The malware has been used in attacks on a South American nations foreign ministry. […] The post New FinalDraft Malware Spotted in Espionage Campaign appeared first on OODAloop.

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Tenable

AUGUST 16, 2024

And get the latest on Q2’s most prevalent malware, the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang and CVE severity assessments! SocGholish accounted for 60% of malware incidents in the second quarter of 2024, a sign that the popularity of fake software-update attacks remains strong. Plus, MIT launched a new database of AI risks. and the U.S.

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Artificial Inteligence Malware Software Review Systems Review 128

Tenable

AUGUST 7, 2024

Kernel-mode drivers are critical yet risky components of the Windows operating system. Windows is an operating system that, over its 40-plus years of history, has developed more than a few arcane components that are a mystery to many systems administrators. What is a kernel-mode driver? Why are kernel-mode drivers risky?

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Windows Systems Review Software Review Operating System 76

The Crazy Programmer

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In that case, the users need to have a protective shield that protects the computer and its important files from any virus, malware, or harmful element that can affect the device. A firewall is a layer in the computer to protect it from unknown users or codes that can be a virus, malware, or unauthorized access to the computer.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new hacking tool making the rounds in underground forums has been deemed the latest “go-to” universal offering for attackers targeting Microsoft Windows PCs. ” In a blog […].

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Windows Malware Analysis Research 73

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Siroker added that users can pause and delete recordings at any time, excluding specific apps like Signal or 1Password, or go Incognito mode, saying that “by default, we don’t record Chrome Incognito or Safari private browsing windows). Malware could potentially tap into sensitive data if your computer is compromised, for example.

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Advertising Malware Meeting Windows 274

Ooda Loop

JUNE 18, 2024

Threat actors have been observed utilizing malware called NiceRAT as a means of co-opting infected devices into a botnet. The attacks have targeted South Korean users and are designed to deploy the malware using the cover of cracked software. Cracked software can include Microsoft Windows and other tools that license […]

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Kaseya

AUGUST 6, 2019

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008/R2 are reaching their end of life (EOL) in less than six months. It means that if you keep using Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008/R2, you will be at a huge risk of being exploited by cybercriminals if new vulnerabilities are disclosed. The Repercussions of Continued Use of Windows 7.

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Windows eBook Hardware Systems Review 15

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The primary advantage of Titans is its ability to scale to very large context windows. This new release is faster, supports a larger context window, and gives better benchmark results than similarly sized models. Security Cybercriminals are distributing malware through Roblox mods. Transformers 2.0).

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Artificial Inteligence Trends Software Review Open Source 75

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 1, 2025

Gemma 3 is multimodal, has a 128K context window, comes in sizes from 1B to 32B, and was designed to support safe, responsible development. NSA might open the way for infinite context windows. Cybercriminals are using online file conversion tools to steal information and infect sites with malware, including ransomware.

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Trends Open Source Software Review Malware 98

TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Building a lean B2B startup growth stack Image Credits: Jose Bernat Bacete (opens in a new window) / Getty Images (Image has been modified) Selecting the right tool for the job is easy when you already know exactly how to proceed. Meanwhile, Lorenzo dove in to explore how the FBI proved a remote admin tool was actually malware.

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Banking B2B Report Hardware 246

CTOvision

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Microsoft security engineers detailed today a new malware strain that has been infecting Windows computers since October 2018 to hijack their resources to mine cryptocurrency and generate revenue for the attackers. Since then, the number of daily infections […].

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Malware Windows Resources Engineering 61

Tenable

MAY 14, 2024

Important CVE-2024-30051 | Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2024-30051 is an EoP vulnerability in the DWM Core Library in Microsoft Windows. Researchers at Kaspersky have linked this zero-day vulnerability to QakBot and other malware. It was assigned a CVSSv3 score of 7.8

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Windows Software Review Systems Review Malware 126

Lacework

APRIL 22, 2021

Sysrv-hello is a multi-architecture Cryptojacking (T1496) botnet that first emerged in late 2020, and employs Golang malware compiled into both Linux and Windows payloads. The malware is equal parts XMRig cryptominer and aggressive botnet-propagator.

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Infrastructure Malware Linux Windows 103

Tenable

JULY 25, 2019

Scanner for “BlueKeep” vulnerability and newly minted exploits for Exim and Jira incorporated into cryptocurrency mining malware. On July 24, researchers at Intezer published a blog about a new variant of the WatchBog malware. For Windows users, applying the patch to address BlueKeep is paramount. Background. CVE-2019-10149.

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Malware Linux Data Center Software Review 14