New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS Disk Operating System and PE Portable Executable headers are essential parts of a Windows PE file, providing...

Domainator: Detecting and Identifying DNS-Tunneling Malware Using Metadata Sequences

In recent years, malware with tunneling or: covert channel capabilities is on the rise. While malware research led to several methods and innovations, the detection and differentiation of malware solely based on its DNS tunneling features is still in its infancy. Moreover, no work so far has used...

MADCAT: Combating Malware Detection under Concept Drift with Test-Time Adaptation

We present MADCAT, a self-supervised approach designed to address the concept drift problem in malware detection. MADCAT employs an encoder-decoder architecture and works by test-time training of the encoder on a small, balanced subset of the test-time data using a self-supervised objective. Duri...

MAL-2025-4298 Malicious code in agic-code-standards (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware dc112253b7449973439fb3e54e02932c89644b30a3bc100193f687da852e7320 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2010-3499

F-Secure Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too la...

CVE-2010-5162

Race condition in G DATA TotalCare 2010 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler...

CVE-2010-5158

Race condition in DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during...

CVE-2010-5152

Race condition in AVG Internet Security 9.0.791 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during...

CVE-2010-5170

Race condition in Online Solutions Security Suite 1.5.14905.0 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes...

CVE-2010-1425

F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and earlier; Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9 and earlier, and for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, and for Linux 4.02 and earlier; Anti-Virus 2010 and earlier; Home Server Security 2009; Protection Service for...

CVE-2012-1432

The Microsoft EXE file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an EXE file with a \57\69\6E\5A\69\70 character sequence at a certain...

CVE-2012-1431

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Gateway formerly Webwasher 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus...

CVE-2012-1440

The ELF file parser in Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified identsize field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into...

CVE-2012-1435

The Microsoft EXE file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an EXE file with a...

CVE-2012-1451

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1 and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved2 field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is...

CVE-2012-1433

The Microsoft EXE file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an EXE file with a \4a\46\49\46...

CVE-2016-3983

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense ATD before 3.4.8.178 might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging information about the parent process...

CVE-2012-1438

The Microsoft Office file parser in Comodo Antivirus 7425 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an Office file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is...

CVE-2010-3497

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011 does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that...

CVE-2012-1907

The scanner engine in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and earlier does not recognize the Office XML aka Open Document XML file format, which allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted file embedded in a WordML document...