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When PUPs Grow Fangs: Dragon Boss Solutions' $10 Supply Chain Risk

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When PUPs Grow Fangs: Dragon Boss Solutions' $10 Supply Chain Risk

Huntress discovered a malware operation leveraging a signed potentially unwanted program (PUP) to deploy antivirus killing tools with SYSTEM level privileges. The attack exploited the supply chain through a compromised update mechanism, allowing threat actors to distribute malware while maintaining legitimate code signatures.

Why it matters: Any organization running this signed PUP faces immediate risk of antivirus bypass and full system compromise; practitioners should audit for this PUP and review signed executable allowlists for similar supply chain weaknesses.

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