Windows

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2017
A Russian man involved in the development and maintenance of Citadel was sentenced to five years in prison

The Russian hacker Mark Vartanyan was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the development and maintenance of the Citadel botnets. It’s a terrific moment for cyber criminals, law enforcement worldwide continues their fight against illegal activities online and the recent shut down of AlphaBay and Hansa black markets demonstrate it. The news of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
FileSystem NTFS Bug Crashes Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

A FileSystem NTFS Bug could be exploited to crash Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, using Chrome browser you can avoid problems. Until Microsoft patches this problem, use Chrome: a slip in file-path handling allows an attacker to crash Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 with a file call. A bug in the way Microsoft handle file-path could […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2017
Google Project Zero team the worst Windows RCE vulnerability in recent memory

Hackers at the Google Project Zero team have discovered another critical Windows RCE vulnerability, the worst Windows RCE in recent memory. Security experts at Google Project Zero team have discovered another critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows OS, but this time the hackers defined it as the worst Windows RCE in recent memory. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017
Webroot started tagging Windows files, Facebook as malicious after a faulty update

Webroot home and business products are tagging Windows files and Facebook as malicious after a recent faulty update. Users are going crazy. The Webroot home and business defense solutions started tagging legitimate Windows and Facebook as malicious after a recent update. Many organizations claimed hundreds and even thousands of malfunctions to their endpoints, the glitch caused […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2017
Hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE

Security researcher warn of hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE Security expert Dan Tentler, the founder of security shop Phobos Group, has observed a significant increase in the number of Windows boxes exposed on the Internet that has been hacked with DOUBLEPULSAR backdoor. The compromised windows boxes have been used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2017
Dridex banking Trojan campaign exploited Microsoft Word 0day recently revealed

Millions of people were targeted by a phishing campaign exploiting a Microsoft Word 0day and aimed to spread the Dridex Banking Trojan. Recently security experts from firms McAfee and FireEye warned of a Microsoft Word zero-day exploited by attackers in the wild. Just opening an MS Word document could put Windows users at risk, the exploitation of the flaw could […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2017
Researchers warn of a Windows Zero-Day Attack observed in the wild

Security researchers from firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of a Windows zero-day attack in the wild that put Microsoft users at risk of hack. Security researchers from security firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of hackers exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability in the wild. Just opening an MS Word document could put you at risk, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2017
Fortinet researchers spotted a malware that infects both Microsoft and Apple OSs

Malware researchers at Fortinet have discovered a weaponized Word document that is able to start the infection process on both Microsoft and Apple OSs. Security researchers at Fortinet have spotted a weaponized Word document that has been designed to spread malware on either Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X, it is able to determine which OS […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2017
Researcher leveraged App Paths to bypass User Account Control in Windows 10

The security expert Matt Nelson has devised a new method that leverages App Paths to bypass the User Account Control (UAC) only on Windows 10. The researcher detailed a bypass technique that is quite differed to the previous ones he devices, the new method “doesn’t rely on the IFileOperation/DLL hijacking approach”. “I’ve previously blogged about two different bypass techniques, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2017
Dridex v4, the dreaded malware has been improved with AtomBombing technique

Malware author are using Dridex v4 in the wild, an improved version of the Trojan that includes a new injection method known as AtomBombing. According to researchers with IBM X-Force, vxers have improved the Dridex banking Trojan adding a new injection method for evading detection, the technique is known as AtomBombing. The researchers have spotted […]