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Hacker Combines Porn and Fake Windows Update Screen for Malware Attack

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A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware

Full-screen fake Windows Update or captcha tricks users into pasting and running attacker commands. Malware is steganographically stored in PNG pixels; a .NET Stego Loader extracts, decrypts, and runs ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake in-browser Windows updates push Aurora info-stealer malware

A recently spotted malvertising campaign tricked users with an in-browser Windows update simulation to deliver the Aurora information stealing malware. Written in Golang, Aurora has been available on ...

Watch out for this fake Windows BSOD - it's actually malware

The Windows Blue Screen (or Black Screen) of Death is typically a sign that some unrecoverable error or conflict has occurred. Now, cybercriminals are using the dreaded BSOD as a way to trick people ...

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of ...
techtimes

Fake Windows 11 Downloads Spread Vidar Malware; Here's What You Need To Do To Spot It

Fake Windows 11 downloads are now spreading a deadly malware called Vidar. Zscaler, a cloud security company, is the one that first discovered the new malicious Windows software files. A view of the ...