Tag Archives: Driver

Windows: Malware still loadable in kernel drivers (RedDriver attack)

Posted on 2023-07-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's measures to prevent the loading of malicious kernel drivers don't seem to be working at all. I've had the issue on my radar for weeks, because the driver block list doesn't really seem to work. Now security researchers at … Continue reading →

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Intel driver 31.0.101.2121 stalls with error code 8 during installation

Posted on 2023-04-11 by guenni

[English]Brief note for users who want to use the Intel graphics driver 31.0.101.2121 under Windows and suddenly get an error code 8 displayed during installation. The problem is known – the GPU is not supported (support for Skylake 6th generation … Continue reading →

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Does AMD's Windows WHQL driver bricks RDNA 2 RX 6000 GPUs?

Posted on 2023-01-13 by guenni

[German]Can a driver update bricks AMD graphics cards (AMD 6800/6900 GPUs) from AMD? There are hints from users that exactly this might have happened after a driver update – whereby we are talking about WHQL Windows drivers certified by Microsoft. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft certificates misused to sign malware (Dec. 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-16 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have come across cases where cybercriminals have managed to sign malware-infected Windows drivers using valid digital certificates from Microsoft. This allows the malware to trick the check for a digital signature under Windows. Several threat actors seem to … Continue reading →

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Bug in Adaptec ASR-72405 driver for Windows 11/Server 2022

Posted on 2022-07-08 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 11 (22H2) as well as Windows Server 2022 should pay attention if they run a RAID system and use the Adaptec ASR-71605 RAID controller for it. A blog reader pointed out to me a nasty bug in … Continue reading →

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AMD Windows 10 graphics drivers with vulnerabilities (Nov. 2021)

Posted on 2021-11-16 by guenni

[German]Users with AMD graphics cards and Windows 10 should look into the issue of updating AMD graphics drivers. The manufacturer has admitted that its Windows 10 graphics drivers have numerous vulnerabilities. Some vulnerabilities (e.g. in the graphics driver) are classified … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Administrator privileges obtained via Razer mouse via LPE vulnerability

Posted on 2021-08-23 by guenni

[German]Connecting a Razer mouse is enough to gain administrative privileges as a standard user. The background is that the driver installation is executed with SYSTEM rights and the user can then open an administrative prompt. He already has administrative access … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: No more driver updates via Windows Update

Posted on 2021-06-18 by guenni

[German]Systems running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will no longer receive driver updates via Windows Update as of June 17, 2021. Microsoft has just announced this in a Techcommunity post. The reason is an expired SHA-1 certificate. … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/8.1: Nvidia ends graphics driver support in October 2021

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

[German]Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has announced the end of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support with graphics card drivers on June 11, 2021. Starting October 4, 2021, Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance improvements, new features, and bug fixes, will … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Changes and strange behavior with driver updates via WSUS

Posted on 2021-05-31 by guenni

[German]I'm summarizing two topics that have been lying around for a while in a collective post. It's about the possibility to install drivers in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Microsoft has made an update to the device manager in the … Continue reading →

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