Tag: Windows
Every major OS leaks user activity through file alerts
Researchers found decade-old flaws in file-notification systems that let an unprivileged process infer what other users are doing.
A disk-filling tool quietly stops Microsoft Defender updates
BigDiskBuster fills the system drive so Defender cannot install platform or signature updates, and there is no patch.
A Chinese crew turned three unpatched browser bugs into a backdoor
Volexity has linked a China-aligned group to a three-bug Chrome and Windows chain that ran before either vendor shipped a…
BambooToken hides its command channel in a signed security token
A signed banking token becomes the delivery vehicle for an implant that talks to its handlers over IoT messaging.
Iranian spies hijack Telegram bots to snoop on dissidents
A joint advisory from three governments exposes Chosen Brick, malware that turns ordinary chat apps into a surveillance pipeline aimed…
Chinese spies pair a Chrome zero-day with a fake Gemini extension
A recently patched Chrome and Windows exploit chain is now delivering two separate espionage toolsets against NGO targets.
Old Chromium build inside Sogou let attackers into Windows
Gen Digital says a China-linked crew used a Sogou input method flaw to plant the GRAYRABBIT backdoor on Windows machines.
Microsoft tops 974 fixes in record Patch Tuesday drop
September's Patch Tuesday set a record with 974 fixes, two exploited zero-days and a cluster of potentially wormable bugs.