Curly COMrades: Evasion and Persistence via Hidden Hyper-V Virtual Machines

This investigation, conducted with support from the Georgian CERT, uncovered new tools and techniques used by the Curly COMrades threat actor. It established covert, long-term access to victim ...
CSO Online

Russian APT abuses Windows Hyper-V for persistence and malware execution

Recently documented Curly COMrades group bypasses traditional host-based EDR solutions by spinning up VMs with deceptive ...
Techzine Europe

Pro-Russian hackers hide in Windows with Linux VMs

A recent investigation by Bitdefender reveals how the pro-Russian hacker group Curly COMrades uses innovative methods to remain undetected for long ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I turned Ubuntu 24 into Windows 11, and it looks surprisingly good

To complement the recently created taskbar, my next step was to replicate the Windows 11 Start Menu in my Ubuntu system. For ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I went from Windows to Linux... then back again, and the grass isn't always greener

A few months back, I gave Linux a real shot as my daily driver, but the experience was less than satisfactory. Both operating ...

Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs

The Russian hacker group Curly COMrades is abusing Microsoft Hyper-V in Windows to bypass endpoint detection and response ...

I tested 3 Snapdragon X Windows laptops this year - and found 3 big issues

Also: Microsoft said my PC couldn't run Windows 11, but I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway - here's how. Since then, I've acquired two more PCs that have Arm-based processors instead ...