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Hacker Combines Porn and Fake Windows Update Screen for Malware Attack

When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is reporting on AI, satellites, cybersecurity, PCs, and tech policy.
Bleeping Computer

New Mad Liberator gang uses fake Windows update screen to hide data theft

A new data extortion group tracked as Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to distract while exfiltrating data from the target device. The operation ...
Bleeping Computer

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screens to trick users into manually compiling and executing ...
manilatimes

Fake adult websites deploy realistic Windows Update screen to spread malware — researchers

A new cyberattack is using cloned adult websites and a convincing full-screen Windows Update display to trick users into running malicious commands that install multiple password-stealing malware, ...
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A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware

Full-screen fake Windows Update or captcha tricks users into pasting and running attacker commands. Malware is steganographically stored in PNG pixels; a .NET Stego Loader extracts, decrypts, and runs ...