July 2019 – Page 22 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:24:11 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a new Internet of Things malware that’s bricked thousands of devices. Also, read about a ransomware family that’s using malvertising to direct victims to a…

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Three Network Security Questions with CEITEC’s CIO

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Business, Security

Credit to Author: TJ Alldridge| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:16:22 +0000

Ireneo Demanarig is the Chief Information Officer at CEITEC S.A. located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. CEITEC is a microelectronics manufacturer that specializes in solutions such as automatic identification (RFID and smartcards), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) aimed at identifying animals, and much more. Recently, I jumped on the phone with Ireneo and…

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Security Sophos

A new Equation Editor exploit goes commercial, as maldoc attacks using it spike

July 19, 2019 0 Comments .doc, CVE-2018-0798, Equation Editor, Exploit, maldoc, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PDF, RTF, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:00:18 +0000

Weaponized RTF documents adopt CVE-2018-0798, another Equation Editor vulnerability<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ltjXsAajVFc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

‘Oto Gonderici’ Excel formula injections target Turkish victims

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Adwind RAT, CSV, FareIt RAT, formula injection, maldocs, malspam, Oto Gonderici, SophosLabs Uncut, Spam, Turkey

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:05:59 +0000

A criminal relentlessly attacks Turkish targets with a novel maldoc trick, mostly staying under the radar<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/FKW687qu7ac” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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16 critical vulnerabilities, some being exploited, fixed in July, 2019 Windows updates

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, CVE, CVE-2019-0880, CVE-2019-1132, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, updates, Windows

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:15:50 +0000

Russian hackers allegedly have been exploiting two vulnerabilities in the course of attacks<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/iBWRguPLsjk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

CVE-2019-0888: Use-After-Free in Windows ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

July 19, 2019 0 Comments ADO, CVE-2019-0888, Exploit, SophosLabs Uncut, use-after-free, VBscript, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:58 +0000

Details of the vulnerability we reported to Microsoft and was fixed in last month’s Patch Tuesday<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-BE2g_tELic” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How Intercept X Advanced can help you avoid becoming a ransomware victim

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Intercept X, Intercept X Advanced, Ransomware, Sophos Products

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:26:06 +0000

Tourists aren’t the only ones looking at Florida this summer. As the Sunshine State ramps up to greet a flock of vacationers, it’s also facing some far less welcome visitors. Over the last few weeks, cybercriminals have targeted Florida with advanced ransomware attacks requesting heavy payments in return for restoring data. In one example, the […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aDvMvVeudaQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>