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Microsoft FAIL: ‘BlackLotus’ Bootkit Breaks Secure Boot
The BlackLotus malware targets UEFI Secure Boot. For a mere $5000, you too can own it ...
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MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes
Researchers say they’ve found on the second known example of UEFI malware. They’re calling it MosaicRegressor ...
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Fileless Threat CactusTorch Abuses .NET to Infect Systems
Lucian Constantin | | bootkit, CactusTorch, cryptocurrency miner, fileless malware, Hidden Mellifera
Over the past several months, security researchers have observed increased activity from a malware threat called CactusTorch that uses fileless techniques and reputable Windows executables to avoid detection. The malware program loads ...
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‘Hidden Bee’ miner delivered via improved drive-by download toolkit
Malwarebytes Labs | | bootkit, cryptominer, drive-by attack, Exploit, Exploits, hidden bee, hidden bee miner, MBR, Threat analysis
Threat actors switch to the Hidden Bee miner as a payload for this unusual and complex drive-by download campaign. Categories: Exploits Threat analysis Tags: bootkitcryptominerdrive-by attackexploithidden beehidden bee minerMBR (Read more...) The ...