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The Register
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release it claims makes the "update process robust and effectively unexploitable."…
Dark Reading
Newly patched flaw allowed attackers to sneak malware past Defender, delete benign files, and inflict mayhem on target systems.
The Hacker News
Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of interest. The version 8.9.2 update incorporates what maintainer Don Ho calls a "double lock" design that aims to make the update process "robust and effectively unexploitable." This includes verification
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Windows 11 machines remain open to downgrade attacks, where attackers can abuse the Windows Update process to revive a patched driver signature enforcement (DSE) bypass.
Bleeping Computer
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Details have emerged about a previously undocumented and fully undetectable (FUD) PowerShell backdoor that gains its stealth by disguising itself as part of a Windows update process. "The covert self-developed tool and the associated C2 commands seem to be the work of a sophisticated, unknown threat actor who has targeted approximately 100 victims," Tomer Bar, director of security research at
Dark Reading
Apple continues a staged update process to address a WebKit vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious web content to load malware on affected devices.