Can a compromised Windows 11 machine remain compromised after a clean reinstall?

Imagine a situation:

You have a working Windows 11 machine with default in-system and motherboard security features enabled.
In this system, you have a malicious program (actor) with admin rights. It has been marked as an exception to Win… Continue reading Can a compromised Windows 11 machine remain compromised after a clean reinstall?

Find/Remove suspected virus/malware on macbook air (mapi.sport80.com) [migrated]

I’ve found a program running on a friend’s Mac that is under the name "mapi.sport80.com" in screen time & it has been running consistently for 5 days straight, it looks to be accessing system preferences (has roughly 14 hours… Continue reading Find/Remove suspected virus/malware on macbook air (mapi.sport80.com) [migrated]

Does malware use Oracle RDBMS Kernel Executable (oracle.exe) to steal data?

I’m worried that my computer may have been infected by a virus. My Windows Virus Scan says that nothing came up, and a Chrome malware scan also turned up nothing. However, a process called Oracle RDBMS Kernel Executable is running on my co… Continue reading Does malware use Oracle RDBMS Kernel Executable (oracle.exe) to steal data?

New York Times article about FBI secretly removing malware from U.S. corporate servers – would this indicate they have a government backdoor?

New York times just ran an article titled "U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks" that stated

The United States said on Wednesday that it had secretly removed
malware from computer net… Continue reading New York Times article about FBI secretly removing malware from U.S. corporate servers – would this indicate they have a government backdoor?