Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

Cybersecurity researchers Kaspersky said they found 15 malicious repositories hosted on GitHub. These repositories, ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Using Linux made me a better Windows user, here's how

Using Linux has changed the way I approach technology, making me a more informed and capable Windows user. Linux has taught ...
Security Boulevard

How to Sign a Windows App with Electron Builder?

You’ve spent weeks, maybe months, crafting your dream Electron app. The UI looks clean, the features work flawlessly, and you finally hit that Build button. Excited, you send the installer to your ...
IEEE

Enhancing Dynamic Malware Behavior Analysis Through Novel Windows Events With Machine Learning

Abstract: Malware analysis involves studying harmful software to understand its behavior and find ways to detect and prevent it. As cyberattacks become more advanced, this process becomes increasingly ...

Fake Windows update pushes malware in new ClickFix attack

The ClickFix campaign disguises malware as legitimate Windows updates, using steganography to hide shellcode in PNG files and ...

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...
The Hacker News

Brazil Hit by Banking Trojan Spread via WhatsApp Worm and RelayNFC NFC Relay Fraud

The threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application (HTA) files and PDFs to propagate via ...
HotHardware

Microsoft Warns Windows 11 AI Agents May Hallucinate Or Even Install Malware

Microsoft's big pitch for the future of Windows is that it's turning into an "agentic OS, " or a system where autonomous AI helpers don't just answer questions, but instead actually do things for you.
Bleeping Computer

Glassworm malware returns in third wave of malicious VS Code packages

The Glassworm campaign, which first emerged on the OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio marketplaces in October, is now in its third wave, with 24 new packages added on the two platforms. OpenVSX and ...
The Hacker News

New Albiriox MaaS Malware Targets 400+ Apps for On-Device Fraud and Screen Control

A new Android malware named Albiriox has been advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model to offer a "full spectrum" of features to facilitate on-device fraud (ODF), screen manipulation, and ...
IEEE

Mitigating the Impact of Malware Evolution on API Sequence-based Windows Malware Detectors

Abstract: In dynamicWindows malware detection, deep learning models are extensively deployed to analyze API sequences. Methods based on API sequences play a crucial role in malware prevention. However ...