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Intel Fixes Vulnerabilities In Windows, Linux Graphics Drivers Intel addressed 57 security vulnerabilities during this month’s Patch Tuesday, including high severity ones impacting Intel Graphics Drivers. 40 of them were found internally by Intel, while the other 17 were externally reported, almost all through Intel’s Bug Bounty program. The security bugs are detailed in the 19 security advisories
12-Year-Old Windows Defender Bug Gives Hackers Admin Rights Microsoft has fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) that could allow attackers to gain admin rights on unpatched Windows systems. Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the default anti-malware solution on over 1 billion systems running Windows 10 according to Microsoft’s stats. The elevation of privileges flaw tracked
TrickBot’s BazarBackdoor Malware Is Now Coded In Nim To Evade Antivirus TrickBot’s stealthy BazarBackdoor malware has been rewritten in the Nim programming language, likely to evade detection by security software. The TrickBot cybercrime gang has been increasingly distributing their newer and stealthier BazarBackdoor malware through spam campaigns. Once a computer becomes infected, BazarBackdoor is used to provide the
Hackers Ask Only $1,500 For Access To Breached Company Networks The number of offers for network access and their median prices on the public posts on hacker forums dropped in the final quarter of last year but the statistics fail to reflect the real size of the initial access market. Data from threat intelligence firm Kela