The operators of the QBot malware have been using a DLL hijacking flaw in Windows Calculator to infect computers, which also helps evade detection by security software. DLL hijacking is a common ...
A vulnerability in the free version of Bitdefender Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to get SYSTEM-level permissions, reserved for the most privileged account on a Windows machine.
This month, MITRE will be adding two sub-techniques to its ATT&CK database that have been widely exploited by North Korean threat actors. The first, not entirely new, sub-technique involves ...
As the macOS desktop user base continues to grow year over year, and Windows remains a mainstay, adversaries are growing more adept in their strategies to become more versatile cross-platform. As ...
On Tuesday, Mozilla released two new versions of Firefox -- 3.6.9 and 3.5.12 -- to patch 15 vulnerabilities, 10 of which it rated as being "critical." Most notably, Firefox is now immune to the DLL ...
In brief: Malware works by exploiting vulnerabilities in software and hardware. However, malware itself is also software, and inevitably has its own vulnerabilities. One security researcher has ...
Security researchers have spotted a new Chinese espionage campaign targeting Asian gambling companies, which they suspect is the work of the Bronze Starlight group. SentinelLabs revealed that the ...