Tag: windows
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Beware of Fake Telegram Messenger App Hacking PCs with Purple Fox Malware
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Trojanized installers of the Telegram messaging application are being used to distribute the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor on compromised systems. That’s according to new research published by Minerva Labs, describing the attack as different from intrusions that typically take advantage of legitimate software for dropping malicious payloads. “This threat actor was able to leave most […]
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RobbinHood ransomware tricks Windows into deleting defences
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By subverting kernel memory settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, the RobbinHood ransomware can now delete cyber security defences from target systems Read via ComputerWeekly.
Read More1. Fileless attacks – a growing menace. A series of opinions from Advent IM Consultants
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From Del Brazil Senior Security Consultant – Advent IM Fileless Malware Simply put Fileless malware is a very well-engineered piece of malware that is very difficult to detect as part of any post incident analysis. It is designed to operate and survive in the memory of systems and as such once a system is re-booted […]
Read MoreAre you still operating XP or Windows 2003? – A guest post from Julia McCarron, Advent IM Director
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Whilst Microsoft’s utopia may be for us all to automatically upgrade every time there is a new version of Windows, for many organisations this isn’t always an option. With some still coping with life after the recession the cost of upgrading to new platforms can be restrictive, especially if XP and Windows 2003 still works […]
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