Advanced threat predictions for 2025

We at Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team monitor over 900 APT advanced persistent threat groups and operations. At the end of each year, we take a step back to assess the most complex and sophisticated attacks that have shaped the threat landscape. These insights enable us to anticipat...

Researchers Uncover Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Antivirus Protections

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malicious campaign that leverages a technique called Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver BYOVD to disarm security protections and ultimately gain access to the infected system. "This malware takes a more sinister route: it drops a legitimate Avast...

When Guardians Become Predators: How Malware Corrupts the Protectors

When Guardians Become Predators: How Malware Corrupts the Protectors By Trellix · November 20, 2024 This blog was also written by Trishaan Kalra Introduction We often trust our security software to stand as an unbreakable wall against malware and attacks, but what happens when that very wall is...

hw: amd: SMM Lock Bypass

A flaw was found in hw. Improper validation in a model-specific register MSR could allow a malicious program with ring0 access to modify the SMM configuration while the SMI lock is enabled. This issue can lead to arbitrary code execution...

CVE-2024-33027 Improper Access Control in Graphics Linux

Memory corruption can occur when arbitrary user-space app gains kernel level privilege to modify DDR memory by corrupting the GPU page table...

CVE-2024-33027: Improper Access Control

Memory corruption can occur when arbitrary user-space app gains kernel level privilege to modify DDR memory by corrupting the GPU page table...

Exploring malicious Windows drivers (Part 2): the I/O system, IRPs, stack locations, IOCTLs and more

This blog post is part of a multi-part series, and it is highly recommended to read the first entry here before continuing. As the second entry in our "Exploring malicious Windows drivers" series, we will continue where the first left off: Discussing the I/O system and IRPs. We will expand on the...

CVE-2023-48426 Chromecast Bootloader & Kernel-level code-execution including compromise of user-data

u-boot bug that allows for u-boot shell and interrupt over UART...

CVE-2023-48426 Chromecast Bootloader & Kernel-level code-execution including compromise of user-data

u-boot bug that allows for u-boot shell and interrupt over UART...

CVE-2024-0788

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is vulnerable to kernel-level API parameters manipulation and Denial of Service vulnerabilities by triggering the 0x9C402140 IOCTL code of the saskutil64.sys driver...

Code injection

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is vulnerable to kernel-level API parameters manipulation and Denial of Service vulnerabilities by triggering the 0x9C402140 IOCTL code of the saskutil64.sys driver...

CVE-2024-0788

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is affected by a kernel‑level vulnerability in the saskutil64.sys driver, allowing API parameter manipulation leading to Denial of Service via IOCTL code 0x9C402140. Exploitation details are not specified in the provided sources; at least one PT Security advisory...

CVE-2024-0788 SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 - Kernel-level API parameters manipulation

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is vulnerable to kernel-level API parameters manipulation and Denial of Service vulnerabilities by triggering the 0x9C402140 IOCTL code of the saskutil64.sys driver...

CVE-2024-0788 SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 - Kernel-level API parameters manipulation

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is vulnerable to kernel-level API parameters manipulation and Denial of Service vulnerabilities by triggering the 0x9C402140 IOCTL code of the saskutil64.sys driver...

CVE-2024-0788: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro X v10.0.1260 is vulnerable to kernel-level API parameters manipulation and Denial of Service vulnerabilities by triggering the 0x9C402140 IOCTL code of the saskutil64.sys driver...

Netatalk: Multiple Vulnerabilities including root remote code execution

Background Netatalk is a kernel level implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite, which allows Unix hosts to act as file, print, and time servers for Apple computers. It includes several script utilities, including etc2ps.sh. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in...

CVE-2023-31096

An issue was discovered in Broadcom LSI PCI-SV92EX Soft Modem Kernel Driver through 2.2.100.1 aka AGRSM64.sys. There is Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM via a Stack Overflow in RTLCopyMemory IOCTL 0x1b2150. An attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges from a medium-integrity process to...

Apple iOS and iPadOS Security Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS and Apple iPadOS are products of Apple Inc. Apple iOS is an operating system developed for mobile devices, and Apple iPadOS is an operating system for iPad tablets. A security vulnerability exists in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, which originates from an application that may be able to...

How Apple fixed what Microsoft hasn't, with Thomas Reed: Lock and Code S04E16

Earlier this month, a group of hackers was spotted using a set of malicious tools--that originally gained popularity with online video game cheaters--to hide their Windows-based malware from being detected. Sounds unique, right? Frustratingly, it isn't, as the specific security loophole that was...

PT-2022-27284 · Crowdstrike · Crowdstrike Falcon

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CrowdStrike Falcon version 6.44.15806 Description: The issue allows an administrative attacker to uninstall Falcon Sensor, bypassing the intended protection mechanism that requires possessing a one-time token. The sensor is managed at the...