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The Register
Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses A Russian-speaking cyber criminal is targeting corporate HR teams with fake CVs that quietly install malware which can disable security tools before stealing data from infected machines.…
The Hacker News
The notorious Lazarus Group actors exploited a recently patched privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Kernel as a zero-day to obtain kernel-level access and disable security software on compromised hosts. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-21338 (CVSS score: 7.8), which can permit an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. It was resolved by Microsoft earlier this month as part
The Register
It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out Ransomware spreaders have built a handy tool that abuses an out-of-date Microsoft software driver to disable security defenses before dropping malware into the targeted systems.…
The Register
AuKill abuses a deprecated tool to disable security processes ahead of the attack Ransomware gangs are abusing an out-of-date Microsoft software driver to disable security defenses before dropping malware into the targeted systems.…
Bleeping Computer
A new hacking campaign exploits Sunlogin flaws to deploy the Sliver post-exploitation toolkit and launch Windows Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks to disable security software. [...]
The Hacker News
Two high-severity security vulnerabilities, which went undetected for several years, have been discovered in a legitimate driver that's part of Avast and AVG antivirus solutions. "These vulnerabilities allow attackers to escalate privileges enabling them to disable security products, overwrite system components, corrupt the operating system, or perform malicious operations unimpeded,"