Tag: hotpage

ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

September 5, 2024

ESET researchers discuss HotPage, a recently discovered adware armed with a highest-privilege, yet vulnerable, Microsoft-signed driver. Usually when someone mentions adware, people think of low-quality half-baked malicious code used to spam victims with sketchy ads. But as we explain in this episode of our podcast, not all adware is created equal. HotPage is a recently … More ESET Research Podcast: HotPage

HotPage browser injector capable of replacing web content and redirecting users

July 18, 2024

HotPage browser injector is capable of replacing web content and opens the system to other vulnerabilities. ESET Research has discovered a sophisticated browser injector: This threat, which ESET dubbed HotPage, comes self-contained in an executable file that installs its main driver and injects libraries into Chromium-based browsers. Posing as a security product capable of blocking … More HotPage browser injector capable of replacing web content and redirecting users