FishMonger, a China-nexus threat group, has deployed an undocumented version of the Linux backdoor against government targets in several countries.

ESET researchers have discovered SprySOCKS for Windows, FishMonger’s backdoor weaponizing a kernel driver for advanced ...

ESET found two Windows SprySOCKS variants with 30+ commands, C2 over TCP, UDP, and WebSocket, and government targets in 4 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated November 14 with details of further Microsoft Windows ...

There’s no talk of locking down the Windows kernel just yet, but Microsoft clearly wants to move endpoint security systems out of there. There’s no talk of locking down the Windows kernel just yet, ...

Microsoft has enabled a fix for a Kernel information disclosure vulnerability by default for everyone after previously disabling it out of concerns it could introduce breaking changes to Windows. The ...

Anthropic’s AI turned Firefox and Windows software patches into exploits within hours, including one Windows proof-of-concept ...

Microsoft is implementing a new Windows kernel trust policy starting April 2026 that will only allow WHCP-certified drivers by default, addressing years-old security vulnerabilities from cross-signed ...

Microsoft earlier this month released its August Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 (KB5029244) and Windows 11 (KB5029263/KB5029253) and also Servers. The one for 10 finally fixed an Intel DirectX ...