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  • The Register: Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/paragon_partition_manager_ransomware_driver/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it Feedly Summary: Five flaws found in Paragon Partition Manager’s kernel-level .sys Ransomware crooks are exploiting a third-party Windows kernel-level driver used and provided by disk management tool Paragon Partition Manager.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Hacker News: WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI

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    Source URL: https://blog.orange.tw/posts/2025-01-worstfit-unveiling-hidden-transformers-in-windows-ansi/ Source: Hacker News Title: WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel security vulnerability termed “WorstFit” that exploits Microsoft Windows’ character encoding and conversion mechanisms, particularly its Best-Fit behavior, leading to various forms of attacks including Remote Code Execution…

  • Slashdot: FSF Urges Moving Off Microsoft’s GitHub to Protest Windows 11’s Requiring TPM 2.0

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/05/0327209/fsf-urges-moving-off-microsofts-github-to-protest-windows-11s-requiring-tpm-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FSF Urges Moving Off Microsoft’s GitHub to Protest Windows 11’s Requiring TPM 2.0 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of Microsoft’s requirement for TPM 2.0 in the transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11. It highlights security concerns, the pushback from grassroots…

  • The Register: The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/fired_phishing_campaign_cloudflare/ Source: The Register Title: The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired Feedly Summary: Scumbags play on victims’ worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they’ve been sacked, when in reality they’ve been hacked –…

  • The Register: First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/firstever_uefi_bootkit_for_linux/ Source: The Register Title: First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say Feedly Summary: Bootkitty doesn’t bite… yet Security researchers say they’ve stumbled upon the first-ever UEFI bootkit targeting Linux, illustrating a key moment in the evolution of such tools.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The detection of “Bootkitty,”…

  • The Register: Security? We’ve heard of it: How Microsoft plans to better defend Windows

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/microsoft_talks_up_beefier_windows/ Source: The Register Title: Security? We’ve heard of it: How Microsoft plans to better defend Windows Feedly Summary: Did we say CrowdStrike? We meant, er, The July Incident… IGNITE The sound of cyber security professionals spraying their screens with coffee could be heard this week as Microsoft claimed, “security is our top…

  • The Register: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/cisa_red_team_exercise/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells Feedly Summary: TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission,…