Tag Archives: Malware

Microsoft fixes critical Malware Protection Engine vulnerability

[German]Microsoft has acted quickly to a critical vulnerability in Windows, reported yesterday (see Windows has a critical wormable vulnerability). This night a security advisory has been released, patches will be available. Advertising

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Nvidia driver enables malware injection

It's a nasty thing: Nvidia ships a Node.js server with its driver update function. But this Node.js server may be used to inject and execute malware on Windows systems. Advertising

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DNSMessenger Trojan is using DNS queries for its orders

[German]Security researchers has discovered a new file less malware that comes as a PowerShell script and uses DNS queries to receive its orders. Advertising

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Warning: FossHub hacked – Classic Shell is compromised

Just a big warning, the open source platform FossHub has been hacked. The installer used by several software packages is compromised and contains bootloader malware. Also the popular start menu enabler Classic Shell is affected. Advertising

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RAA: Ransomware + Trojan, and a Cure

Security experts from Bleeping Computer has found a new Malware, named RAA, that is using JScript. The Malware behaves as Ransomware and encrypt user files – but there is also a 2nd payload, a Trojan, that will be installed on … Continue reading

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