Tag: Smoke
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Smoke and (screen) mirrors: A strange signed backdoor
In December 2023, Sophos X-Ops received a report of a false positive detection on an executable signed by a valid Microsoft Hardware …
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The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke
Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of …
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Resecurity identified the investment scam network Digital Smoke
Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks by size and volume of operations created to defraud Internet users from …
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Smoke damage and hard drives
As employees of ESET, many of the discussions on WeLiveSecurity revolve around malicious software and hardware threats, and the tools to …
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Beware of Fake Spectre and Meltdown Patches Pushing Malware – Smoke Loader
Crooks trying to take advantage of the infamous bug Meltdown and Spectre which affects almost all the modern processors and pushes Smoke …
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Malwarebytes warns that fake Meltdown and Spectre patches are being used to spread Smoke Loader malware
News of the Meltdown and Spectre processor bugs quickly spread around the world, as companies and individuals tried to protect their …
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Nest Protect review: No-nonsense “smart” smoke and carbon-monoxide detection
There’s no point in beating around the bush: If you’re looking for a smart smoke and carbon monoxide system, the Nest Protect should be …
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Smoke Loader Backdoor Gets Anti-Analysis Improvements
The Smoke Loader installer, the security researchers explain, spawns an EnumTools thread to detect and evade analysis tools, and uses an API to enumerate running analysis utilities. The malware checks for twelve analysis processes via a hash-based method, and terminates itself if one is found running. Read full news article on SecurityWeek
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IoT Security: Where There is Smoke, There is Fire
We have collectively heard the saying, “where there is smoke, there is fire” throughout our lives. And, sure enough, it is true far more often than it is false. Read full news article on SecurityWeek
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