After Log4j, December’s Patch Tuesday has snuck up on us
For anyone about to sit back after checking their environment for the Log4j vulnerabilities and applying patches where needed, here...
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Owowa, a malicious IIS Server module used to steal Microsoft Exchange credentials
Threat actors are using a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) Server module, dubbed Owowa, to steal Microsoft Exchange credentials. Kaspersky...
Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response: interesting cases
Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provides advanced protection against the growing number of threats that bypass automatic security barriers....
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2021. Statistics
All statistics in this report are from the global cloud service Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which receives information from components...
Volatile and Adaptable: Tracking the Movements of Modern Ransomware
Trend Micro's tracking of modern ransomware, as well as of older families, shows which attacks are gaining momentum and which...
What SMBs can do to protect against Log4Shell attacks
As you may already know, the business, tech, and cybersecurity industries have been buzzing about Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228), aka Logjam, the...
FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine
While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware...
Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes an actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 67 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows Installer vulnerability. Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday...
Iran-linked Seedworm APT targets Telecoms organizations across the Middle East and Asia
Researchers uncovered a new Seedworm campaign targeting telecommunication and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. Iran-linked APT...
DHS announces its ‘Hack DHS’ bug bounty program
The DHS has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ to discover security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems....
Owowa: the add-on that turns your OWA into a credential stealer and remote access panel
While looking for potentially malicious implants that targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, we identified a suspicious binary that had been submitted...
Adobe addresses over 60 vulnerabilities in multiple products
Adobe warns of threat actors that could exploit critical vulnerabilities in multiple products running on Windows and macOS systems. Adobe...
Collecting In the Dark: Tropic Trooper Targets Transportation and Government
Our long-term monitoring of the cyberespionage group Earth Centaur (aka Tropic Trooper) shows that the threat actors are equipped with...
Patch Now: Apache Log4j Vulnerability Called Log4Shell Actively Exploited
Log4Shell., also known as CVE-2021-44228, was first reported privately to Apache on November 24 and was patched with version 2.15.0...
A Look Into Purple Fox’s Server Infrastructure
By examining Purple Fox’s routines and activities, both with our initial research and the subject matter we cover in this...
Why XDR security in today’s threat landscape
Trend Micro's VP of Threat Intelligence, Jon Clay, explores the latest trends in today's threat landscape and why XDR is...
Why you need XDR in today’s threat landscape
Trend Micro's VP of Threat Intelligence, Jon Clay, explores the latest trends in today's threat landscape and why XDR is...
Hackers exploit Log4Shell to drop Khonsari Ransomware on Windows systems
Bitdefender researchers discovered that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell flaw to deliver the new Khonsari ransomware on Windows...
5 security lessons from 18 months of working from home
A little more than 20 months ago, many people around the world were asked or instructed to work from home...
US CISA orders federal agencies to fix Log4Shell by December 24th
US CISA ordered federal agencies to address the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library by December 24th, 2021. US...
Kronos crippled by ransomware, service may be out for weeks
Human resources platform provider UKG has put out a statement saying it’s fallen prey to ransomware that has disrupted the...
Jektor – A Windows User-Mode Shellcode Execution Tool That Demonstrates Various Techniques That Malware Uses
This utility focuses on shellcode Anti-virus detection?:Pre-pending a set of NOPs to a Msfvenom XOR encrypted shellcode payload while using...
Google fixed the 17th zero-day in Chrome since the start of the year
Google has released Chrome 96.0.4664.110 to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4102, exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address...
TinyNuke banking malware targets French organizations
The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and...
