Crazy ransomware gang abuses employee monitoring tool in attacks

A member of the Crazy ransomware gang is abusing legitimate employee monitoring software and the SimpleHelp remote support tool to maintain persistence in corporate networks, evade detection, and ...

Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware

A fake CAPTCHA scam is tricking Windows users into running PowerShell commands that install StealC malware and steal passwords, crypto wallets, and more.
Windows Report

Windows 11 Canary Build KB5077221 Adds Built-In Sysmon

Windows 11 KB5077221 arrives in the Canary Channel with built-in Sysmon support and updated sharing features for Insiders.

Windows shortcut files targeted by ransomware gang Global Group

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in ...

Who's the bossware? Ransomware slingers like employee monitoring tools, too

As if snooping on your workers wasn't bad enough Your supervisor may like using employee monitoring apps to keep tabs on you, ...
CSO Online

Windows shortcut weaponized in Phorpiex-linked ransomware campaign

Researchers revealed a Phorpiex-distributed phishing campaign using malicious LNK files to deploy Global Group ransomware ...

Hackers turn bossware against the bosses

A threat actor is using Net Monitor for Employees and SimpleHelp to launch ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks.
Security Boulevard

Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets

Attackers are running paid Facebook ads that look like official Microsoft promotions, then directing users to near-perfect ...

Microsoft bakes one of its best security tools right into Windows 11

Microsoft is apparently integrating System Monitor (Sysmon) directly into Windows 11. This pro-level tool allows you to detect suspicious processes caused by malware or hackers on a Windows PC. Part ...
Computing

Employee monitoring tools exploited to access corporate networks

A ransomware group has been using legitimate employee monitoring and remote support software to infiltrate corporate systems, according to new research.
MUO on MSN

I finally removed every trace of Copilot and Recall from Windows — here's how

Removing these AI features from Windows isn't as hard as you may think.
Opinion

Someone's attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials - but we don't know who or how

So many CVEs, so little time Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims' IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege ...