#windows

An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Pakistan has been attributed to the creation of a fake website masquerading as India's public sector postal system as part of a campaign designed to infect both Windows and Android users in the country. Cybersecurity company CYFIRMA has attributed the campaign with medium confidence to a threat actor called APT36, which is also known as

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 134.0.3124.93 3/26/2025 134.0.6998.177/.178

The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.

### Impact This impact users of Shescape on Windows that explicitly configure `shell: 'cmd.exe'` or `shell: true` using any of `quote`/`quoteAll`/`escape`/`escapeAll`. An attacker may be able to get read-only access to environment variables. Example: ```javascript import * as cp from "node:child_process"; import { Shescape } from "shescape"; // 1. Prerequisites const shescape = new Shescape({ shell: "cmd.exe", // Or shell: true, // Only if the default shell is CMD }); // 2. Payload const payload = '"%PATH%'; // 3. Usage let escapedPayload; escapedPayload = shescape.quote(payload); // Or escapedPayload = shescape.quoteAll([payload]); // Or escapedPayload = shescape.escape(payload); // Or escapedPayload = shescape.escapeAll([payload]); // And (example) const result = cp.execSync(`echo Hello ${escapedPayload}`, options); // 4. Impact console.log(result.toString()); // Outputs "Hello" followed by the contents of the PATH environment variable ``` For Shescape prior to ...

The threat actor known as EncryptHub exploited a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day to deliver a wide range of malware families, including backdoors and information stealers such as Rhadamanthys and StealC. "In this attack, the threat actor manipulates .msc files and the Multilingual User Interface Path (MUIPath) to download and execute malicious payload,

Fake Booking.com emails sent to hotels lead to fake Captcha sites that trick the staff into infecting their own systems

Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, has been described as a case of "incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on Windows." Mojo refers to a

Broadcom has issued security patches to address a high-severity security flaw in VMware Tools for Windows that could lead to an authentication bypass. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the vulnerability is rated 7.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). "VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control," Broadcom said in an

Cybercriminals exploit AbyssWorker driver to disable EDR systems, deploying MEDUSA ransomware with revoked certificates for stealthy attacks.

LayerX Labs reports a sophisticated macOS phishing campaign, evading security measures. Learn how attackers adapt and steal credentials from Mac users.