Exclamation Xubuntu's website was hacked to spread a malware, fixed now
Posted by: harlan4096 - 31 minutes ago - Forum: Privacy & Security News - No Replies

Quote:Xubuntu's website was the latest to fall victim to hackers. The attackers replaced the download links with a malicious one.

For those unaware, Xubuntu is one of the official flavors of Ubuntu, i.e. a fork/derivate of the distro. The name is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu.

Anyway, from what I can tell from user reports, the attackers replaced the download links on Xubuntu.org with a malicious one. So instead of downloading a .torrent file, it downloaded some ZIP archive that contained the malicious file.

Here is a screenshot of what the malware looks like.

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(Image courtesy reddit user Buty935)

Notice that it says Target Windows Version? That, combined with the EXE in the name, seems to suggest they were targeting Windows users. Perhaps users who are moving away from Windows 10, but weren't familiar with Linux or torrents? Despite what users might think, it is not a Linux malware. It installed itself to appdata, which only exists on Windows. The malware seems to be impersonating a GUI based downloader for Ubuntu. It stealthily runs some command prompts in the background to deliver the payload.

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Bug AV-Comparatives: Business Security Test August-September 2025
Posted by: harlan4096 - Yesterday, 09:17 - Forum: Independent Organizations Reports - No Replies

Quote:Introduction

This is a short fact sheet for our Business Main-Test Series[1], containing the results of the Business Malware Protection Test (September) and Business Real-World Protection Test (August-September). The full report, including the Performance Test and product reviews, will be released in December.

To be certified in December 2025 as an “Approved Business Product” by AV-Comparatives, the tested products must score at least 90% in the Malware Protection Test, with zero false alarms on common business software, and an FP rate on non-business files below the Remarkably High threshold. Additionally, products must score at least 90% in the overall Real-World Protection Test (i.e. over the course of four months), with less than fifty false alarms on any clean software/websites, and zero false alarms on common business software. Tested products must also avoid major performance issues (impact score must be below 40) and have fixed all reported bugs in order to gain certification.

Please note that the results of the Business Main-Test Series cannot be compared with the results of the Consumer Main-Test Series, as the tests are done at different times, with different sets, different settings, etc.

Tested ProductsThe following products were tested under Windows 11 64-bit and are included in this factsheet: Information about additional third-party engines/signatures used by some of the products: Cisco, G Data, Rapid7, SenseOn and VIPRE use the Bitdefender engine (in addition to their own protection features).

The Kaspersky product might also be known as “Kaspersky Next EDR Foundations”.

The “ENS” version of Trellix in this test uses the erstwhile McAfee engine (now owned by Trellix), opposed to the “HX” version which uses the FireEye engine (McAfee Enterprise and FireEye were merged into Trellix in 2022).

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Bug Post-exploitation framework now also delivered via npm
Posted by: harlan4096 - 18 October 25, 06:02 - Forum: Kaspersky Security Blog - No Replies

Quote:Incident description

The first version of the AdaptixC2 post-exploitation framework, which can be considered an alternative to the well-known Cobalt Strike, was made publicly available in early 2025. In spring of 2025, the framework was first observed being used for malicious means.

In October 2025, Kaspersky experts found that the npm ecosystem contained a malicious package with a fairly convincing name:
 
Code:
https-proxy-utils
. It was posing as a utility for using proxies within projects. At the time of this post, the package had already been taken down.
The name of the package closely resembles popular legitimate packages:
 
Code:
http-proxy-agent
, which has approximately 70 million weekly downloads, and
 
Code:
https-proxy-agent
with 90 million downloads respectively. Furthermore, the advertised proxy-related functionality was cloned from another popular legitimate package
 
Code:
proxy-from-env
, which boasts 50 million weekly downloads. However, the threat actor injected a post-install script into
 
Code:
https-proxy-utils
, which downloads and executes a payload containing the AdaptixC2 agent.

[Image: adaptixc2-agent-found1.png]Metadata for the malicious (left) and legitimate (right) packages

OS-specific adaptation

The script includes various payload delivery methods for different operating systems. The package includes loading mechanisms for Windows, Linux, and macOS. In each OS, it uses specific techniques involving system or user directories to load and launch the implant.

In Windows, the AdaptixC2 agent is dropped as a DLL file into the system directory
 
Code:
C:\Windows\Tasks
. It is then executed via DLL sideloading. The JS script copies the legitimate
 
Code:
msdtc.exe

file to the same directory and executes it, thus loading the malicious DLL.

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Information Google's sign in with phone number option can help you recover your account
Posted by: harlan4096 - 18 October 25, 06:01 - Forum: Privacy & Security News - No Replies

Quote:A couple of days ago, I told you how you can regain access to your Google account using Recovery Contacts. Let's discuss the other recovery option that Google introduced, sign in with phone number.

Now, you may wonder, didn't Google already let you sign in using a phone number? Technically, no, but you're not completely wrong about that. Up until now, Google has allowed users to sign in to their account using your username, password, and your mobile number. Your phone number is used to receive an SMS for 2-step verification. That's not very secure, because the SMS protocol lacks support for encryption. You could, and should, use an authenticator app instead.

But let's get back to using a phone number to sign in. Google will ask you to enter your phone number, which is used to search for accounts connected to that number. This is done by verifying your number with your carrier, likely via an automated text message. Then, Google will display all accounts that are connected to your phone number. Select the one you want to sign in to, and then you will be asked to enter the passcode of your previous device. This is required to verify the sign in attempt and allow access to your encrypted data.

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Information Windows 11 is getting a big feature update, after its feature update
Posted by: harlan4096 - 17 October 25, 07:24 - Forum: Microsoft Windows News - No Replies

Quote:Microsoft announced the launch of Copilot Vision and Copilot Voice to all Windows 11 PCs yesterday. The opt-in features introduce options to talk to the AI and to give access to your screen. The features are rolling out worldwide.

It appears that Windows 11 is getting another big update, which Microsoft announced yesterday as well on the Windows Experience Blog.

Microsoft calls these new features experiences that are rolling out to Windows 11 devices as well. Unsurprisingly, many of them are also AI-related.

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Information Windows 11: Microsoft expands Copilot Voice and Vision to all PCs
Posted by: harlan4096 - 17 October 25, 07:23 - Forum: Microsoft Windows News - No Replies

Quote:Microsoft's Windows account on X published several short cryptic messages in the past two days regarding a new announcement that the company wanted to make today.

The first message "Your hands are about to get some PTO. Time to rest those fingers…something big is coming Thursday" suggested that the feature would help users type less.

Today, Microsoft has lifted the veil and announced plans to make "every Windows 11 PC an AI PC" on the official Windows Experience blog on its Windows website.

At the core of the new experience is the Hey Cortana, ups, Hey Copilot phrase that all Windows 11 users may use to interact with the AI using their voice. In addition, Copilot Vision is there to analyze anything that you see on the screen.

Hey Copilot

Hej Copilot is an opt-in feature, which is a refreshing change for a start. You need to activate the feature in the settings before Copilot reacts to you uttering the new command phrase to start a conversation with the AI.

Windows displays a Copilot microphone on the screen, so that you know that the conversation is taking place. To end a conversation, all you need to say is Goodbye, according to Microsoft. You can also click on the x-icon instead, if you prefer using your hands for that.

So, if you prefer to use your voice to interact with the AI, now you can.

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Bug AV-Comparatives: Malware Protection Test - Sep 2025
Posted by: harlan4096 - 16 October 25, 10:17 - Forum: Independent Organizations Reports - No Replies

Quote:Chart: Comparison

Article: Malware Protection Test September 2025

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Bug AV-Comparatives: False Alarm Test - September 2025
Posted by: harlan4096 - 16 October 25, 10:16 - Forum: Independent Organizations Reports - No Replies

Quote:Chart: Comparison

Article: False Alarm Test September 2025
 
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