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GoZone ransomware accuses and threatens victims

GoZone ransomware accuses and threatens victims 2024-11-06 at 13:06 By Zeljka Zorz A new ransomware dubbed GoZone is being leveraged by attackers that don’t seem to be very greedy: they are asking the victims to pay just $1,000 in Bitcoin if they want their files decrypted. The GoZone HTML ransom note (Source: SonicWall) The ransom […]

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Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability

Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability 2024-10-29 at 12:18 By Zeljka Zorz Despite two patching attempts, a security issue that may allow attackers to compromise Windows user’s NTLM (authentication) credentials via a malicious Windows themes file still affects Microsoft’s operating system, 0patch researchers have discovered. The path to discovery The story

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Fake Google Meet pages deliver infostealers

Fake Google Meet pages deliver infostealers 2024-10-17 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz Users of the Google Meet video communication service have been targeted by cyber crooks using the ClickFix tactic to infect them with information-stealing malware. Fake Google Meet video conference page with malicious ClickFix pop-up (Source: Sekoia) “The ClickFix tactic deceives users into downloading

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Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-43572)

Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-43572) 2024-10-08 at 22:49 By Zeljka Zorz For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, including two under active exploitation: CVE-2024-43573, a spoofing bug affecting the Windows MSHTML Platform, and CVE-2024-43572, a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Management Console

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Use Windows event logs for ransomware investigations, JPCERT/CC advises

Use Windows event logs for ransomware investigations, JPCERT/CC advises 2024-10-01 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz The JPCERT Coordination Center – the first Computer Security Incident Response Team established in Japan – has compiled a list of entries in Windows event logs that could help enterprise defenders respond to human-operated ransomware attacks and potentially limit the

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Microsoft revised the controversial Copilot+ Recall feature

Microsoft revised the controversial Copilot+ Recall feature 2024-09-30 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has made changes to Recall – the screenshot-taking, AI-powered search feature for Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 – to reassure users worried about security and privacy. The security of the feature has been assessed by Microsoft’s Offensive Research & Security Engineering

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CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures to Avoid System Crashes

CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures to Avoid System Crashes 2024-09-24 at 23:16 By Ryan Naraine CrowdStrike says it has revamped several testing, validation, and update rollout processes to prevent a repeat of the July BSOD incident. The post CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures to Avoid System Crashes appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Windows users targeted with fake human verification pages delivering malware

Windows users targeted with fake human verification pages delivering malware 2024-09-19 at 17:01 By Zeljka Zorz For a while now, security researchers have been warning about fake human verification pages tricking Windows users into inadvertently installing malware. A recently exposed campaign showed how some users end up on these pages. Beware of fake human verification

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Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461)

Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461) 2024-09-16 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz CVE-2024-43461, a spoofing vulnerability affecting Windows MSHTML – a software component used by various apps for rendering render web pages on Windows – “was exploited as a part of an attack chain relating to CVE-2024-38112, prior to July 2024,”

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Microsoft Says Recent Windows Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day

Microsoft Says Recent Windows Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day 2024-09-16 at 14:46 By Ionut Arghire Microsoft warns that a recently patched Windows vulnerability was exploited in the wild as a zero-day prior to July 2024. The post Microsoft Says Recent Windows Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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EchoStrike: Generate undetectable reverse shells, perform process injection

EchoStrike: Generate undetectable reverse shells, perform process injection 2024-09-16 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz EchoStrike is an open-source tool designed to generate undetectable reverse shells and execute process injection on Windows systems. “EchoStrike allows you to generate binaries that, when executed, create an undetectable RevShell, which can be the first entry point into a company.

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Post-CrowdStrike Fallout: Microsoft Redesigning EDR Vendor Access to Windows Kernel

Post-CrowdStrike Fallout: Microsoft Redesigning EDR Vendor Access to Windows Kernel 2024-09-13 at 21:45 By Ryan Naraine Microsoft is revamping how anti-malware tools interact with the Windows kernel to avoid another CrowdStrike faulty update catastrophe.  The post Post-CrowdStrike Fallout: Microsoft Redesigning EDR Vendor Access to Windows Kernel appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Microsoft fixes 4 exploited zero-days and a code defect that nixed earlier security fixes

Microsoft fixes 4 exploited zero-days and a code defect that nixed earlier security fixes 2024-09-10 at 22:46 By Zeljka Zorz September 2024 Patch Tuesday is here and Microsoft has delivered 79 fixes, including those for a handful of zero-days (CVE-2024-38217, CVE-2024-38226, CVE-2024-38014, CVE-2024-43461) exploited by attackers in the wild, and a Windows 10 code defect

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33 open-source cybersecurity solutions you didn’t know you needed

33 open-source cybersecurity solutions you didn’t know you needed 2024-09-10 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Open-source cybersecurity tools provide transparency and flexibility, allowing users to examine and customize the source code to fit specific security needs. These tools make cybersecurity accessible to a broader range of organizations and individuals. In this article, you will

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September 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Downgrade is the new exploit

September 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Downgrade is the new exploit 2024-09-06 at 08:16 By Help Net Security I asked for a calm August 2024 Patch Tuesday in last month’s forecast article and that came to pass. The updates released were limited to the regular operating systems and all forms of Office applications. Six zero-day vulnerabilities

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APT group exploits WPS Office for Windows RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-7262)

APT group exploits WPS Office for Windows RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-7262) 2024-08-28 at 12:02 By Help Net Security ESET researchers discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows (CVE-2024-7262). APT-C-60, a South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group, was exploiting it to target East Asian countries. When examining the root cause, ESET discovered another way to

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x64dbg: Open-source binary debugger for Windows

x64dbg: Open-source binary debugger for Windows 2024-08-19 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz x64dbg is an open-source binary debugger for Windows, designed for malware analysis and reverse engineering of executables without access to the source code. It offers a wide range of features and a plugin system, allowing you to customize and extend its capabilities to

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Copy2Pwn Zero-Day Exploited to Bypass Windows Protections

Copy2Pwn Zero-Day Exploited to Bypass Windows Protections 2024-08-16 at 13:17 By Eduard Kovacs ZDI details a zero-day named Copy2Pwn and tracked as CVE-2024-38213, which cybercriminals exploited to bypass MotW protections in Windows. The post Copy2Pwn Zero-Day Exploited to Bypass Windows Protections appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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Microsoft fixes 6 zero-days under active attack

Microsoft fixes 6 zero-days under active attack 2024-08-13 at 23:16 By Zeljka Zorz August 2024 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 90 vulnerabilities, six of which have been exploited in the wild as zero-days, and four are publicly known. The zero-days under attack CVE-2024-38178 is a Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Warns of Six Windows Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited

Microsoft Warns of Six Windows Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited 2024-08-13 at 23:01 By Ryan Naraine Microsoft’s security response team pushed out documentation for almost 90 vulnerabilities across Windows and OS components and marked several flaws in the actively exploited category. The post Microsoft Warns of Six Windows Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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