Flaw in Microsoft Process Explorer under active attack

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If you haven't patched Microsoft Process Explorer, prepare to get pwned

Ransomware gangs are abusing an out-of-date Microsoft software driver to disable security defenses before dropping malware into the targeted systems.

Either way, the system is duped into trusting the drivers and letting them in, giving the miscreants access to deploy their malware. ."The discovery of such a tool confirms our assumption that adversaries continue to weaponize drivers, and we expect even more development in this area the upcoming months."reported by a number of cybersecurity vendors – not only Sophos, but also SentinelOne, Microsoft, and Google's Mandiant – where multiple attackers created malicious drivers and then duped Microsoft into signing to give them the veneer of legitimacy.

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