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Threat actors are using legitimate Microsoft feature to compromise M365 accounts

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Threat actors are using legitimate Microsoft feature to compromise M365 accounts 2025-02-14 at 16:23 By Zeljka Zorz Suspected Russian threat actors have been taking advantage of Microsoft Device Code Authentication to trick targets into granting them access to their Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. “While Device Code Authentication attacks are not new, they appear to have […]

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Sandworm APT’s initial access subgroup hits organizations accross the globe

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Sandworm APT’s initial access subgroup hits organizations accross the globe 2025-02-13 at 15:34 By Zeljka Zorz A subgroup of Russia’s Sandworm APT has been working to achieve initial and persistent access to the IT networks of organizations working in economic sectors Russia is interested in. “In 2022, its primary focus was Ukraine, specifically targeting the

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Russian Seashell Blizzard Hackers Gain, Maintain Access to High-Value Targets: Microsoft

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Russian Seashell Blizzard Hackers Gain, Maintain Access to High-Value Targets: Microsoft 2025-02-12 at 19:10 By Ionut Arghire A subgroup of the Russia-linked Seashell Blizzard is tasked with broad initial access operations to sustain long-term persistence. The post Russian Seashell Blizzard Hackers Gain, Maintain Access to High-Value Targets: Microsoft appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391)

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Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391) 2025-02-11 at 22:21 By Zeljka Zorz February 2025 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 56 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days – CVE-2025-21418 and CVE-2025-21391 – under active exploitation. CVE-2025-21418 and CVE-2025-21391 CVE-2025-21418 is a vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys), which interfaces

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Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Windows Flaw and File-Deleting Zero-Day

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Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Windows Flaw and File-Deleting Zero-Day 2025-02-11 at 22:06 By Ryan Naraine The Microsoft Patch Tuesday machine hummed loudly this month urgent fixes for a pair of already-exploited Windows zero-days. The post Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Windows Flaw and File-Deleting Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Microsoft Expands Copilot Bug Bounty Program, Increases Payouts

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Microsoft Expands Copilot Bug Bounty Program, Increases Payouts 2025-02-10 at 14:37 By Ionut Arghire Microsoft has added more Copilot consumer products to its bug bounty program and is offering higher rewards for medium-severity vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft Expands Copilot Bug Bounty Program, Increases Payouts appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Can AI Early Warning Systems Reboot the Threat Intel Industry?

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Can AI Early Warning Systems Reboot the Threat Intel Industry? 2025-02-10 at 13:02 By Ryan Naraine News analysis: The big AI platforms are emerging as frontline early warning systems, detecting nation-state hackers at the outset of their campaigns. Can this help save the threat intel industry? The post Can AI Early Warning Systems Reboot the

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February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development

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February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development 2025-02-10 at 08:02 By Help Net Security The new year has started with a whirlwind of activity, and one of the hottest topics in the news is the increasing emphasis on AI. DeepSeek ad Stargate DeepSeek took the world by storm as millions of copies

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Attackers compromise IIS servers by leveraging exposed ASP.NET machine keys

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Attackers compromise IIS servers by leveraging exposed ASP.NET machine keys 2025-02-07 at 14:22 By Zeljka Zorz A ViewState code injection attack spotted by Microsoft threat researchers in December 2024 could be easily replicated by other attackers, the company warned. “In the course of investigating, remediating, and building protections against this activity, we observed an insecure

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SonicWall SMA appliances exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-23006)

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SonicWall SMA appliances exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-23006) 2025-01-23 at 11:03 By Zeljka Zorz A critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-23006) affecting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances is being exploited by attackers. “We strongly advises users of the SMA1000 product to upgrade to the hotfix release version to address the vulnerability,” the company said

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How Russian hackers went after NGOs’ WhatsApp accounts

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How Russian hackers went after NGOs’ WhatsApp accounts 2025-01-17 at 17:34 By Zeljka Zorz Star Blizzard, a threat actor tied to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), was spotted attempting to compromise targets’ WhatsApp accounts through a clever phishing campaign. The campaign The campaign started with a spear-phishing email that was made to look like

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New UEFI Secure Boot bypass vulnerability discovered (CVE-2024-7344)

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New UEFI Secure Boot bypass vulnerability discovered (CVE-2024-7344) 2025-01-16 at 12:03 By Help Net Security ESET researchers have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2024-7344) impacting most UEFI-based systems, which allows attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot. The issue was found in a UEFI application signed with Microsoft’s “Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011” third-party certificate. Exploiting this vulnerability

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Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws

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Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws 2025-01-14 at 23:03 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has marked January 2025 Patch Tuesday with a hefty load of patches: 157 CVE-numbered security issues have been fixed in various products, three of which (in Hyper-V) are being actively exploited. The exploited Hyper-V vulnerabilities The exploited zero-days are CVE-2025-21333

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January 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Changes coming in cybersecurity guidance

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January 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Changes coming in cybersecurity guidance 2025-01-10 at 09:45 By Help Net Security Welcome to 2025 and a new year of patch excitement! In my December article, I talked about Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and how it manifested in many of the Microsoft products released in 2024. While this security

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Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-0282)

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Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-0282) 2025-01-08 at 21:49 By Zeljka Zorz Ivanti has fixed two vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA gateways, one of which (CVE-2025-0282) has been exploited as a zero-day by attackers to compromise Connect Secure VPN appliances. About CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-0283 Both are stack-based buffer overflow

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Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research

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Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research 2025-01-06 at 07:38 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, discusses how threat research drives faster, better decision-making in cybersecurity operations. Roccia provides insights into balancing internal and external research strategies, the influence of AI and geopolitical

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Microsoft enforces defenses preventing NTLM relay attacks

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Microsoft enforces defenses preventing NTLM relay attacks 2024-12-11 at 15:03 By Zeljka Zorz Since making Kerberos the default Windows authentication protocol in 2000, Microsoft has been working on eventually retiring NTLM, its less secure and obsolete counterpart. Until NTLM gets disabled by default, Microsoft is working on shoring up defenses against NTLM relay attacks. How

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Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138)

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Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) 2024-12-10 at 23:04 By Zeljka Zorz On December 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft resolved 71 vulnerabilities in a variety of its products, including a zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) that’s been exploited by attackers in the wild to execute code with higher privileges. CVE-2024-49138 exploited by attackers CVE-2024-49138 stems from a heap-based buffer overflow

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Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid

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Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid 2024-12-09 at 18:04 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft, in collaboration with the Institute of Science and Technology Australia and ETH Zurich, has announced the LLMail-Inject Challenge, a competition to test and improve defenses against prompt injection attacks. The setup and the challenge LLMail is a simulated email client

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December 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The secure future initiative impact

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December 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The secure future initiative impact 2024-12-06 at 08:04 By Help Net Security It seems like 2024 just started, but the final Patch Tuesday of the year is almost here! In retrospect, it has been a busy year with continued Windows 11 releases, the new Server 2025 release, and all the

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