Uncovering cross-process injection with Windows Defender ATP

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Windows Defender ATP is a post-breach solution that alerts security operations SecOps personnel about hostile activity. As the nature of attacks evolve, Windows Defender ATP must advance so that it continues to help SecOps personnel uncover and address...

Averting ransomware epidemics in corporate networks with Windows Defender ATP

Note: Read our latest comprehensive report on ransomware: Ransomware 1H 2017 review: Global outbreaks reinforce the value of security hygiene. Microsoft security researchers continue to observe ransomware campaigns blanketing the market and indiscriminately hitting potential targets...

Detecting threat actors in recent German industrial attacks with Windows Defender ATP

When a Germany-based industrial conglomerate disclosed in December 2016 that it was breached early that year, the breach was revealed to be a professionally run industrial espionage attack. According to the German press, the intruders used the Winnti family of malware as their main implant, givin...

Hardening Windows 10 with zero-day exploit mitigations

Cyberattacks involving zero-day exploits happen from time to time, affecting different platforms and applications. Over the years, Microsoft security teams have been working extremely hard to address these attacks. While delivering innovative solutions like Windows Defender Application Guard, whi...

Bit Defender Authentication Token Bypass

Document Title: =============== Bit Defender 39 - Auth Token Bypass Vulnerability References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1683 Release Date: ============= 2017-01-09 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 1683...

MS13-058: Vulnerability in Windows Defender could allow elevation of privilege: July 9, 2013

MS13-058: Vulnerability in Windows Defender could allow elevation of privilege: July 9, 2013 INTRODUCTION Microsoft has released security bulletin MS13-058. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft websites: Home users:...

Twin zero-day attacks: PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM target individuals in Europe

Targeted attacks are typically carried out against individuals to obtain intellectual property and other valuable data from target organizations. These individuals are either directly in possession of the targeted information or are able to connect to networks where the information resides...

Windows 10: protection, detection, and response against recent Depriz malware attacks

A few weeks ago, multiple organizations in the Middle East fell victim to targeted and destructive attacks that wiped data from computers, and in many cases rendering them unstable and unbootable. Destructive attacks like these have been observed repeatedly over the years and the Windows Defender...

Microsoft Shares Telemetry Data Collected from Windows 10 Users with 3rd-Party

Cyber security is a major challenge in today's world, as cyber attacks have become more automated and difficult to detect, where traditional cyber security practices and systems are no longer sufficient to protect businesses, governments, and other organizations. In past few years, Artificial...

Beware of Hicurdismos: It’s a fake Microsoft Security Essentials installer that can lead to a support call scam

Note: Our Tech support scams FAQ page has the latest info on this type of threat, including scammer tactics, fake error messages, and the latest scammer hotlines. Wouldn’t it be a shame if, in trying to secure your PC, you inadvertently install malware and run the risk of being scammed? We recent...

Microsoft Edge Adds App Guard Browser Security

Microsoft is bringing virtualization to its Edge browser with a security tool called Windows Defender Application Guard. The technology, announced this week at Microsoft’s 2016 Ignite conference in Atlanta, takes a virtualization-based approach to isolating browser-based attacks from the internet...

MSRT July 2016 – Cerber ransomware

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the July 2016 release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT includes detection for Win32/Cerber, a prevalent ransomware family. The inclusion in MSRT complements our Cerber-specific family detections in Windows...

Platinum APT Group Abuses Windows Hotpatching

An obscure Windows feature known as hotpatching, missing in the OS since the introduction of Windows 8, is a preferred tool used by a resourced attack group called Platinum that was uncovered by Microsoft. The group has carried out targeted attacks in South and Southeast Asia since at least 2009,...

Toy Defender - Runtime privilege escalation, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Toy Defender published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Defender II - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Defender II published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Windows Antivirus Exclusions Enumeration

This module will enumerate the file, directory, process and extension-based exclusions from supported AV products, which currently includes Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials/Antimalware, and Symantec Endpoint Protection. This module requires Metasploit:...

Kingsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Kingsoft Defender is a free security software with strong Trojan detection capability, fast vulnerability detection and compact size produced by Kingsoft Network Technology Co. The system service installed by Kingsoft Defender provides the function of creating high-privilege processes, but there...

Microsoft Classifies Ask Toolbar as 'Unwanted' Software

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers. Ask Toolbar is an interface to the 20-year-old Ask.com search engine, and it’s included in among...

pqasb.pqarchiver.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-61859 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| pqasb.pqarchiver.com Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention Che...

2 3 4 5 security guards driving there is a design problem-a vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

2 3 4 5 Security Defender installed 2345powerapi. sys driver does not check to open its device object of the process. Cause any having to open the device object permissions process can be used which is driven in the function. Since called powerapi is certainly a very good very powerful. I'll try ...