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Lunex Stealer Abuses AMD Driver to Evade Security Tools

Original: Lunex Stealer Abuses AMD Driver to Disable Security Monitoring and Steal Browser Credentials Source: The Hacker News Rea

Security researchers report that the Lunex Stealer malware abuses a legitimately signed AMD driver to disable security monitoring on infected Windows machines, allowing it to steal saved browser credentials undetected. The technique, known as bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver, exploits a vulnerable driver to gain elevated access and silence endpoint defenses before harvesting sensitive data.

Why now: Abuse of a trusted hardware vendor's signed driver to bypass security tools is a notable and worrying malware technique

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