Fake Xeno and Roblox Utilities Used to Install Windows RAT, Microsoft Warns

Fake Xeno and Roblox gaming tools are spreading a Windows RAT remote access trojan using PowerShell and LOLBins, Microsoft Threat Intelligence warns...

Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms

Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat platforms to distribute a remote access trojan RAT. "A malicious downloader staged a portable Java runtime and executed a malicious Java archive JAR file named...

Dissecting UAT-8099: New persistence mechanisms and regional focus

Cisco Talos has identified a new campaign by UAT-8099, active from late 2025 to early 2026, that is targeting vulnerable Internet Information Services IIS servers across Asia with a specific focus on victims in Thailand and Vietnam. Analysis confirms significant operational overlaps between this...

Fileless protection explained: Blocking the invisible threat others miss

Most antivirus software for personal users scans your computer for malware hiding in files. This is, after all, how most malware is traditionally spread. But what about attacks that never create files? Fileless malware is a fast-growing threat that evades traditional antivirus software, because...

Microsoft Confirms PaperCut Servers Used to Deliver LockBit and Cl0p Ransomware

Microsoft has confirmed that the active exploitation of PaperCut servers is linked to attacks that are designed to deliver Cl0p and LockBit ransomware families. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is attributing a subset of the intrusions to a financially motivated actor it tracks under the...

PrivescCheck

This is a PoC exploit for Windows privilege escalation enumeration. The script, PrivescCheck, is designed to identify common Windows security misconfigurations that can be leveraged for privilege escalation. It gathers various information that might be useful for exploitation and/or...

PrivescCheck

This is an offensive tool for Windows privilege escalation. It is an extended and updated version of PowerUp, aiming to enumerate common Windows security misconfigurations that can be leveraged for privilege escalation and gather various information useful for exploitation and/or post-exploitatio...

Our Experiences Participating in Microsoft’s Azure Sphere Bounty Program | McAfee Blogs

CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part II Christiaan Beek · FEB 20, 2020 In our first article we discussed the growing pattern of targeted ransomware attacks where the first infection stage is often an info-stealer kind of malware used to gain credentials/access to...

Our Experiences Participating in Microsoft’s Azure Sphere Bounty Program | McAfee Blogs

CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part II Christiaan Beek · FEB 20, 2020 In our first article we discussed the growing pattern of targeted ransomware attacks where the first infection stage is often an info-stealer kind of malware used to gain credentials/access to...

Solving the TLS 1.0 problem

The use of Transport Layer Security TLS encryption for data in transit is a common way to help ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted between devices, such as a web server and a computer. However, in recent years older versions of the protocol have been shown to have...

CVE-2018-18748

Sandboxie 5.26 allows a Sandbox Escape via an "import os" statement, followed by os.system"cmd" or os.system"powershell", within a .py file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because the observed behavior is consistent with the product's intended functionality...

How to Update MCS created Machine Catalog to modify vCPU, RAM.

Due to performance issues the vCPU,RAM need to be increased. This can be done by power shell...

Exploit for Code Injection in Microsoft

CVE-2017-8759-Exploit-sample Running CVE-2017-8759 exploit sam...