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Windows MagicDot Path Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Rootkit-Like Abilities
22 Apr 2024 12:39 GMT
… allowing attackers to gain rootkit-like abilities on Windows systems … the attack methods, the rootkit-like abilities it confers, … and detect malicious activity.
Rootkit-like Abilities
The MagicDot vulnerability … abilities akin to a rootkit, which is a type …
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Researchers Uncover Windows Flaws Granting Hackers Rootkit-Like Powers
22 Apr 2024 10:52 GMT
… by threat actors to achieve rootkit-like capabilities to conceal and … -called MagicDot paths allow for rootkit-like functionality that's …
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Windows DOS-to-NT flaws exploited to achieve unprivileged rootkit-like capabilities
22 Apr 2024 10:48 GMT
… flaws exploited to achieve unprivileged rootkit-like capabilities
Researcher demonstrated … path conversion process to achieve rootkit-like capabilities.
SafeBreach researcher … , the prevalence of kernel rootkits has decreased significantly.
The expert …
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'MagicDot' Windows Weakness Allows Unprivileged Rootkit Activity
19 Apr 2024 10:02 GMT
… and activities.
Simulating an Unprivileged Rootkit
The MagicDot issues first and … MagicDot paths can grant adversaries rootkit-like abilities without admin privileges … risk and consider developing unprivileged rootkit detection techniques and rules,…
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Microsoft Zero-Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack
01 Mar 2024 00:25 GMT
… flaw to pull off a rootkit cyberattack.
Researchers from Avast discovered … updated version of its proprietary rootkit malware called "FudModule… report said. "The FudModule rootkit serves as the latest example …
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Windows Zero-Day Exploited by North Korean Hackers in Rootkit Attack
29 Feb 2024 10:52 GMT
… escalation in attacks involving a rootkit named FudModule, according to cybersecurity … updated version of the FudModule rootkit, which came to light in … .
The new variant of the rootkit includes several improvements, including to …
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Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks
12 Jan 2024 10:18 GMT
… is the use of rootkits to hide crypto mining … downloader to retrieve two rootkits and a Monero cryptocurrency … have resorted to employing rootkits to conceal the presence of … security solutions to detect cryptominers, rootkits, obfuscated or packed binaries, …
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Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
11 Dec 2023 02:00 GMT
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Krasue RAT Uses Cross-Kernel Linux Rootkit to Attack Telecoms
07 Dec 2023 18:25 GMT
… the use of a rootkit that embeds seven compiled versions … an infected system, the rootkit masquerades as a VMware driver … as an LKM, the rootkit, which targets Linux kernel … during the initialization phase, the rootkit conceals its own presence, then …
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Rootkit Turns Kubernetes From Orchestration to Subversion
22 Nov 2023 17:15 GMT
… worse — infecting Kubernetes clusters with rootkits would result in collections of … ;
While a specific Linux kernel rootkit, known as Diamorphine, has occasionally … compromise Kubernetes clusters, Kubernetes-focused rootkits have not yet become popular …