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According to researchers, threat actors including Conti ransomware affiliates are exploiting 3 unpatched vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated, remote code execution on MS Exchange Servers. In late August 2021, it was reported that threat actors are targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers by exploiting ProxyShell exploits. Now, according to independent findings of researchers at Sophos Labs and […]
Microsoft’s Blue Screen of Death Revamped for Windows 11. We thought that the start menu is the only element in Microsoft’s Windows operating system that will receive an overhaul in Windows 11. However, it is being reported that the new OS will feature a Black Screen of Death instead of the customary blue screen of […]
It took Wegmans a month to respond and secure its data after the Website Planet Security Team’s alerted the company about the issue. In recent news, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., a private US supermarket chain with 106 stores across the country, exposed sensitive credentials and through a misconfigured Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Server. The total […]
Microsoft on Wednesday said it remediated a vulnerability in its Azure Container Instances (ACI) services that could have been weaponized by a malicious actor “to access other customers’ information” in what the researchers described as the “first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud.” An attacker exploiting the weakness could execute malicious commands on other […]
Microsoft is warning of a widespread credential phishing campaign that leverages open redirector links in email communications as a vector to trick users into visiting malicious websites while effectively bypassing security software. “Attackers combine these links with social engineering baits that impersonate well-known productivity tools and services to lure users into clicking,” Microsoft 365 Defender […]
Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 11 users are at risk of a new unpatched vulnerability that was recently disclosed publicly. As we reported last week, the vulnerability — SeriousSAM — allows attackers with low-level permissions to access Windows system files to perform a Pass-the-Hash (and potentially Silver Ticket) attack. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to […]
Merely days after Microsoft sounded the alarm on an unpatched security vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service, possibly yet another zero-day flaw in the same component has come to light, making it the fourth printer-related shortcoming to be discovered in recent weeks. “Microsoft Windows allows for non-admin users to be able to install printer […]
Two of the zero-day Windows flaws rectified by Microsoft as part of its Patch Tuesday update earlier this week were weaponized by an Israel-based company called Candiru in a series of “precision attacks” to hack more than 100 journalists, academics, activists, and political dissidents globally. The spyware vendor was also formally identified as the commercial […]
Microsoft on Thursday shared fresh guidance on yet another vulnerability affecting the Windows Print Spooler service, stating that it’s working to address it in an upcoming security update. Tracked as CVE-2021-34481 (CVSS score: 7.8), the issue concerns a local privilege escalation flaw that could be abused to perform unauthorized actions on the system. The company […]
Microsoft rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for the month of July with fixes for a total of 117 security vulnerabilities, including nine zero-day flaws, of which four are said to be under active attacks in the wild, potentially enabling an adversary to take control of affected systems. Of the 117 issues, 13 are rated Critical, […]
Even as Microsoft expanded patches for the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, it has come to light that the fix for the remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service can be bypassed in certain scenarios, effectively defeating the security protections and permitting […]
Microsoft has shipped an emergency out-of-band security update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability — known as “PrintNightmare” — that affects the Windows Print Spooler service and can permit remote threat actors to run arbitrary code and take over vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-34527 (CVSS score: 8.8), the remote code execution flaw impacts all supported […]
Microsoft on Friday said it’s investigating an incident wherein a driver signed by the company turned out to be a malicious Windows rootkit that was observed communicating with command-and-control (C2) servers located in China. The driver, called “Netfilter,” is said to target gaming environments, specifically in the East Asian country, with the Redmond-based firm noting […]
In yet another sign that the Russian hackers who breached SolarWinds network monitoring software to compromise a slew of entities never really went away, Microsoft said the threat actor behind the malicious cyber activities used password spraying and brute-force attacks in an attempt to guess passwords and gain access to its customer accounts. “This recent […]
StrRAT malware has the ability to steal credentials from a targeted system and also change file name extension to .crimson but it does not encrypt any data like in a ransomware attack. In recent malware-related news, Microsoft took to Twitter to warn users against a Java-based StrRAT that essentially portrays it to be fake ransomware […]
Microsoft on Thursday warned of a “massive email campaign” that’s pushing a Java-based STRRAT malware to steal confidential data from infected systems while disguising itself as a ransomware infection. “This RAT is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the file name extension .crimson to files without actually encrypting them,” the Microsoft Security Intelligence team […]
From cybersecurity to IT security; the demand for security professionals is at its peak like never before. Here are some certifications that will help you polish your skills. The majority of businesses utilize multiple computer networks in their operations. These businesses rely on these networks functioning correctly and smoothly. The network administrator’s main job is […]
Around two years back, North Carolina State University researchers discovered [PDF] that over 100,000 GitHub repositories had leaked cryptographic (TLS and SSH) keys and API tokens. The researchers discovered this by scanning only 13% of its public repositories over six months and found that thousands of new repositories were leaking secrets almost daily. GitHub Announces […]
The malware is capable of stealing credentials, webcam data, taking screenshots, and other sensitive information from a targeted device. Microsoft has recently uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting aerospace and travel organizations and warns about their multiple remote access trojans (RATs) deployed using a new and stealthy malware loader. Attackers are using phishing emails to spoof […]
Programs work with databases, and if the database crashes essential information can be lost and this will be disastrous to the user. So what are your options? Programmers say that every program has an error, even if it’s just one and if you’ve ever been in close contact with computer software, you’ll understand that even […]
If you need to extract data from a page or website there are two ways to go about it: you can do it manually or you can use a web scraping tool. There are a lot of good tools out there, some free and some premium, but if you know your way around Microsoft Excel, […]