rootkit – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:20:38 +0000

In December 2022, Microsoft published their monthly Windows Update packages that included an advisory about malicious drivers, signed by Microsoft and other code-signing authorities, that Sophos X-Ops (and others) observed threat actors abusing during attacks. Today, Microsoft issued Security Advisory ADV230001 as part of their July Windows Update that addresses Sophos’ discovery of more than […]

Kaspersky Security

July 26, 2022 admin

CosmicStrand rootkit hides in the UEFI firmware | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:10:51 +0000

We talk about the CosmicStrand rootkit, which tries to lie low in UEFI, the motherboard firmware.

Independent Krebs

June 28, 2022 admin

The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:33:31 +0000

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Security experts had long seen a link between Glupteba and AWM Proxy, but new research shows AWM Proxy’s founder is one of the men being sued by Google.

MalwareBytes Security

June 8, 2022 admin

5 Linux malware families SMBs should protect themselves against

Credit to Author: Bill Cozens| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:43:32 +0000

In this post, we’ll give you an overview of five Linux malware families your SMB should be protecting itself against — and how they work.

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MalwareBytes Security

March 28, 2022 admin

A week in security (March 21 – 27)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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MalwareBytes Security

March 22, 2022 admin

A new rootkit comes to an ATM near you

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:24:19 +0000

CAKETAP is a new rootkit that can run on ATM switch servers—and its not alone in its ATM attacks.

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MalwareBytes Security

January 20, 2020 admin

A week in security (January 13 – 19)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:32:45 +0000

Our weekly security roundup for January 13-19, with a look at elastic servers, data enrichment, rootkits, regulation for deepfakes, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: apt40 Cisco citrix data enrichment deepfakes elastic servers emotet rootkit travelex weleakinfo

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MalwareBytes Security

January 14, 2020 admin

How to prevent a rootkit attack

Credit to Author: Gilad Maayan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:31:55 +0000

Rootkit attacks are considered one of the most dangerous cyberthreats today. Learn what they are, how they infect systems, and how to protect against them.

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Tags: application rootkits bootloader firmware rootkits hardware rootkits kernel rootkits phishing rootkit rootkit attacks Social Engineering virtualized rootkits

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