Latest Driver news

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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 09, 2024
- 06:06 PM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 11, 2023
- 03:22 PM
- 3
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.
- Bill Toulas
- 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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- 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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 07, 2023
- 02:54 PM
- 0
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).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 03:25 PM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 30, 2023
- 12:49 PM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 02:23 PM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 07, 2023
- 05:28 PM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 06, 2023
- 05:53 PM
- 1
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 10, 2023
- 11:37 AM
- 1
Scattered Spider hackers use old Intel driver to bypass security

A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Scattered Spider was observed attempting to deploy Intel Ethernet diagnostics drivers in a BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) attack to evade detection from EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) security products.
- Bill Toulas
- January 11, 2023
- 04:55 PM
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Bluebottle hackers used signed Windows driver in attacks on banks

A signed Windows driver has been used in attacks on banks in French-speaking countries, likely from a threat actor that stole more than $11 million from various banks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 05, 2023
- 07:00 AM
- 1
Microsoft-signed malicious Windows drivers used in ransomware attacks

Microsoft has revoked several Microsoft hardware developer accounts after drivers signed through their profiles were used in cyberattacks, including ransomware incidents.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 13, 2022
- 06:10 PM
- 0
NVIDIA releases GPU driver update to fix 29 security flaws

NVIDIA has released a security update for its GPU display driver for Windows, containing a fix for a high-severity flaw that threat actors can exploit to perform, among other things, code execution and privilege escalation.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2022
- 11:27 AM
- 0
Lenovo fixes flaws that can be used to disable UEFI Secure Boot

Lenovo has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities impacting various ThinkBook, IdeaPad, and Yoga laptop models that could allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot.
- Bill Toulas
- November 09, 2022
- 11:03 AM
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Microsoft fixes Windows vulnerable driver blocklist sync issue

Microsoft says it addressed an issue preventing the Windows kernel vulnerable driver blocklist from being synced to systems running older Windows versions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 26, 2022
- 05:22 AM
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Lazarus hackers abuse Dell driver bug using new FudModule rootkit

The notorious North Korean hacking group 'Lazarus' was seen installing a Windows rootkit that abuses a Dell hardware driver in a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver attack.
- Bill Toulas
- October 01, 2022
- 10:05 AM
- 0
Hackers abuse Genshin Impact anti-cheat system to disable antivirus

Hackers are abusing an anti-cheat system driver for the immensely popular Genshin Impact game to disable antivirus software while conducting ransomware attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- August 25, 2022
- 04:05 PM
- 2
NVIDIA fixes ten vulnerabilities in Windows GPU display drivers

NVIDIA has released a security update for a wide range of graphics card models, addressing four high-severity and six medium-severity vulnerabilities in its GPU drivers.
- Bill Toulas
- May 17, 2022
- 03:12 PM
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