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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Microsoft has cautioned about a bug fix it released with Patch Tuesday. The fix resolves a kernel issue in Windows but Microsoft has disabled it by default as it can potentially break something. It ...

While Microsoft is taking steps to provide an alternative way for endpoint security vendors to operate in Windows following the massive July outage, there are no signs this new option will become ...

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 ...