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SprySOCKS Windows Variant Abuses Kernel Drivers to Evade Detection

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

FishMonger’s arsenal upgraded: SprySOCKS for Windows

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

China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth

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

Despite Microsoft's claim, kernel reveals why Windows 11 isn't really faster than 10

During the revelation of Intel's 12th Gen CPUs, Microsoft claimed that users would see the true benefit of the hybrid CPUs on Windows 11. However, the kernel has revealed why that hasn't happened. For ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 22H2 adds kernel exploit protection to security baseline

Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 11, version 22H2, downloadable today using the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. "This release ...
Neowin

HWiNFO fixes Windows 11 legacy CPU usage reading, kernel hardware stack driver issue

HWiNFO is one of the best free hardware monitoring tools. The latest version of the software has fixed legacy CPU usage reading on Windows 11, a kernel-mode hardware stack driver bug, and more. HWiNFO ...