Avaddon Ransomware Fixes Flaw Allowing Free Decryption The Avaddon ransomware gang has fixed a bug that let victims recover their files without paying the ransom. The flaw came to light after a security researcher exploited it to create a decryptor. On Tuesday, Javier Yuste, a Ph.D. student at Rey Juan Read more…
Internet Explorer 11 Zero-Day Vulnerability Gets Unofficial Micropatch An Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability used against security researchers, not yet fixed by Microsoft, today received a micropatch that prevents exploitation. Last month, Google and Microsoft disclosed that the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus was conducting social engineering attacks against security Read more…
Microsoft Releases Emergency Fix For Windows 10 WiFi Crashes Microsoft has released an emergency KB5001028 out-of-band update to fix a bug causing Windows 10 to crash when connecting to WPA3 Wi-Fi networks. According to a new support issue posted to Microsoft’s Windows Message Center, the bug was introduced in the Read more…
Microsoft Warns Of An Increasing Number Of Web Shell Attacks Microsoft says that the number of monthly web shell attacks has almost doubled since last year, with an average of 140,000 such malicious tools being found on compromised servers every month. Web shells are tools (scripts or programs) that threat actors Read more…
Singtel, QIMR Berghofer Report Accellion-Related Data Breaches Singtel and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute are the latest companies to disclose data breaches caused by a vulnerability in the Accellion FTA secure file transfer software. Accellion is a developer of secure file transfer products that allow organizations to transfer sensitive files Read more…
Buggy WordPress Plugin Exposes 100K Sites To Takeover Attacks Critical and high severity vulnerabilities in the Responsive Menu WordPress plugin exposed over 100,000 sites to takeover attacks as discovered by Wordfence. Responsive Menu is a WordPress plugin designed to help admins create W3C compliant and mobile-ready responsible site menus. Flaws patched last Read more…
Intel Fixes Vulnerabilities In Windows, Linux Graphics Drivers Intel addressed 57 security vulnerabilities during this month’s Patch Tuesday, including high severity ones impacting Intel Graphics Drivers. 40 of them were found internally by Intel, while the other 17 were externally reported, almost all through Intel’s Bug Bounty program. The security bugs are detailed Read more…
12-Year-Old Windows Defender Bug Gives Hackers Admin Rights Microsoft has fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) that could allow attackers to gain admin rights on unpatched Windows systems. Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the default anti-malware solution on over 1 billion systems running Windows 10 according to Microsoft’s stats. The Read more…
TrickBot’s BazarBackdoor Malware Is Now Coded In Nim To Evade Antivirus TrickBot’s stealthy BazarBackdoor malware has been rewritten in the Nim programming language, likely to evade detection by security software. The TrickBot cybercrime gang has been increasingly distributing their newer and stealthier BazarBackdoor malware through spam campaigns. Once a computer becomes infected, BazarBackdoor Read more…
Hackers Ask Only $1,500 For Access To Breached Company Networks The number of offers for network access and their median prices on the public posts on hacker forums dropped in the final quarter of last year but the statistics fail to reflect the real size of the initial access market. Data Read more…
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