Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp Attachments Spreading Backdoor on Windows PCs

Microsoft warns of a WhatsApp attachments spreading VBS malware that installs backdoors on Windows PCs, giving hackers remote access and control systems...

Fake Ukraine Police Notices Spread New Amatera Stealer and PureMiner

FortiGuard Labs exposes a high-severity phishing campaign impersonating the National Police of Ukraine to deliver Amatera Stealer data theft and PureMiner cryptojacking to Windows PCs...

CVE-2025-26383

The iSTAR Configuration Utility ICU tool leaks memory, which could result in the unintended exposure of unauthorized data from the Windows PC that ICU is running on...

Breaking Laptop Fingerprint Sensors

Theyre not that good: Security researchers Jesse DAguanno and Timo Teräs write that, with varying degrees of reverse-engineering and using some external hardware, they were able to fool the Goodix fingerprint sensor in a Dell Inspiron 15, the Synaptic sensor in a Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and the ELAN...

New Agent Tesla Variant Uses Excel Exploit to Infect Windows PCs

By Deeba Ahmed FortiGuard Discovers Phishing Campaign Distributing New Agent Tesla Variant to Windows Devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Agent Tesla Variant Uses Excel Exploit to Infect Windows PCs...

New Golang-based Skuld Malware Stealing Discord and Browser Data from Windows PCs

A new Golang-based information stealer called Skuld has compromised Windows systems across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. "This new malware strain tries to steal sensitive information from its victims," Trellix researcher Ernesto Fernández Provecho said in a Tuesday analysis. "To accomplish...

PlugX Malware Sneaks Onto Windows PCs Through USB Devices

By Deeba Ahmed The new variant stood out among other malware because it can infect any attached removable USB device, e.g., floppy, flash, thumb drives, and any system the removable device is plugged into later. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PlugX Malware Sneaks Onto...

CVE-2022-36438

AsusSwitch.exe on ASUS personal computers running Windows sets weak file permissions, leading to local privilege escalation this also can be used to delete files within the system arbitrarily. This affects ASUS System Control Interface 3 before 3.1.5.0, and AsusSwitch.exe before 1.0.10.0...

New malware lures fake Chrome update to attack Windows PCs

By Deeba Ahmed The prime target of this malware campaign is unsuspecting users on Windows 10. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware lures fake Chrome update to attack Windows PCs...

NCH Quorum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-57430)

NCH Quorum is software that runs as a teleconferencing server on a Windows PC. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in NCH Quorum 2.03 and earlier versions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to conduct a cross-site scripting attack via /conference?id=...

A Mystery Malware Stole 26 Million Passwords From Windows PCs

The credentials were part of a trove containing 1.2 terabytes of sensitive data extracted between 2018 and 2020...

IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020

Connected cameras, refrigerators and other seemingly-mundane internet-of-things IoT devices are a cybercriminal favorite this year, with new research showing a sharp increase 100 percent in IoT infections observed on wireless networks. IoT devices are now responsible for 32.72 percent of all...

Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The botnet, named "VictoryGate," has been active since May 2019, with infectio...

Thousands of Windows PCs infected by Nodersok/Divergent fileless malware

By Sudais A new fileless malware is on the rise which converts computers into bots that can be controlled by hackers remotely. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Thousands of Windows PCs infected by Nodersok/Divergent fileless malware...

New SystemBC malware targets Windows PCs by evading detection

By Sudais While finding and removing malware on your computer system may indeed be a joyous moment, there's a new malware out there that will give you a headache instead. To know why, a dive through is needed into SystemBC, a malware written in C++ that has been discovered by researchers at...

PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an adware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs...

InvisiMole Burrows into Targets with Rich Espionage Tools

Researchers are expressing concern over a versatile spyware called InvisiMole that has been spotted in highly targeted campaigns targeting Windows PCs in Russia and the Ukraine. The malicious code, which comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, has a modular architecture, with two different,...

132 Google Play Apps Booted For Having Malicious IFrames

Google removed 132 apps infected with malicious iFrames from its Google Play store after security researchers discovered a development platform used to create the apps was infected with malware and in turn compromised the apps. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers said the apps were infected...

CVE-2014-7898

The OLE Point of Sale OPOS drivers before 1.13.003 on HP Point of Sale Windows PCs allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2014-7897

The OLE Point of Sale OPOS drivers before 1.13.003 on HP Point of Sale Windows PCs allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving OPOSScanner.ocx for Imaging Barcode scanners, Linear Barcode scanners, Presentation Barcode scanners, Retail Integrated Barcode scanners,...