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Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity
A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.
- December 29, 2025
- 07:08 PM
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Microsoft to remove legacy drivers from Windows Update for security boost
Microsoft has announced plans to periodically remove legacy drivers from the Windows Update catalog to mitigate security and compatibility risks.
- June 20, 2025
- 09:05 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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ASUS Armoury Crate bug lets attackers get Windows admin privileges
A high-severity vulnerability in ASUS Armoury Crate software could allow threat actors to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM level on Windows machines.
- June 16, 2025
- 02:08 PM
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Microsoft delays WSUS driver sync deprecation indefinitely
Microsoft announced today that, based on customer feedback, it will indefinitely delay removing driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
- April 07, 2025
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Windows 11 24H2 blocked on PCs with code-obfuscation driver BSODs
Microsoft has introduced a new Windows 11 24H2 safeguard hold for systems running security or enterprise software using SenseShield Technology's sprotect.sys driver.
- April 07, 2025
- 11:32 AM
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Microsoft reminds admins to prepare for WSUS driver sync deprecation
Microsoft once again reminded IT administrators that driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be deprecated on April 18, just 60 days from now.
- February 18, 2025
- 02:20 PM
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Microsoft to deprecate WSUS driver synchronization in 90 days
Microsoft has reminded Windows administrators that driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be deprecated on April 18, 90 days from now.
- January 24, 2025
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Hackers abuse Avast anti-rootkit driver to disable defenses
A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components.
- November 23, 2024
- 10:07 AM
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Microsoft releases Windows repair tool to remove CrowdStrike driver
Microsoft has released a custom WinPE recovery tool to find and remove the faulty CrowdStrike update that crashed an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday.
- July 21, 2024
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Microsoft fixes two Windows zero-days exploited in malware attacks
Microsoft has fixed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities during the April 2024 Patch Tuesday, although the company failed to initially tag them as such.
- April 09, 2024
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Microsoft will block 3rd-party printer drivers in Windows Update
Microsoft will block third-party printer driver delivery in Windows Update as part of a substantial and gradual shift in its printer driver strategy over the next 4 years.
- September 11, 2023
- 03:22 PM
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Hackers exploit Windows policy to load malicious kernel drivers
Microsoft blocked code signing certificates predominantly used by Chinese hackers and developers to sign and load malicious kernel mode drivers on breached systems by exploiting a Windows policy loophole.
- July 11, 2023
- 01:00 PM
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Microsoft finally fixes broken Surface Pro X laptop cameras
Microsoft is finally rolling out a driver update to address a known issue causing built-in cameras on ARM-based Windows devices (including Surface Pro X laptops) to stop working.
- July 10, 2023
- 05:28 PM
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CISA warns govt agencies to patch actively exploited Android driver
CISA ordered federal agencies today to patch a high-severity Arm Mali GPU kernel driver privilege escalation flaw added to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities and addressed with this month's Android security updates.
- July 07, 2023
- 02:54 PM
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Terminator antivirus killer is a vulnerable Windows driver in disguise
A threat actor known as Spyboy is promoting a Windows defense evasion tool called "Terminator" on the Russian-speaking forum RAMP (short for Russian Anonymous Marketplace).
- May 31, 2023
- 03:25 PM
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Microsoft shares fix for cameras not working on Surface laptops
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a widespread issue triggered by a buggy driver that causes built-in cameras on some ARM-based Windows devices (including Surface Pro X laptops) to stop working.
- May 30, 2023
- 12:49 PM
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Malicious Windows kernel drivers used in BlackCat ransomware attacks
The ALPHV ransomware group (aka BlackCat) was observed employing signed malicious Windows kernel drivers to evade detection by security software during attacks.
- May 22, 2023
- 02:23 PM
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Nvidia releases driver hotfix for Windows performance issues
Nvidia has released a display driver hotfix to address recently reported high CPU usage and blue screen issues on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems.
- March 07, 2023
- 05:28 PM
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Nvidia working on driver fix for Windows BSOD, high CPU usage
Nvidia confirmed today that it's working to fix a driver issue causing high CPU usage and blue screens of death (BSODs) on Windows systems.
- March 06, 2023
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Microsoft says Intel driver bug crashes apps on Windows PCs
Microsoft says apps using DirectX are crashing on Windows systems with outdated Intel drivers after installing November 2022 cumulative updates.
- February 10, 2023
- 11:37 AM
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