Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000

MSTIC and MSRC disclose technical details of a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) tracked as KNOTWEED using multiple Windows and Adobe 0-day exploits, including one for the recently patched CVE-2022-22047, in limited and targeted attacks against European and Central American customers.

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IIS extensions are on the rise as backdoors to servers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:58:06 +0000

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers.

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In post-Roe US, experts share how to keep your data private

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:58:50 +0000

As the US reconfigures its rules on abortion after the overturning of Roe v Wade, our podcast guests explain how to keep your data private.

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Simplifying the fight against ransomware: An expert explains

Credit to Author: Bill Cozens| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:56:55 +0000

Fighting against ransomware can be difficult—especially if your organization has limited IT resources to begin with. But Adam Kujawa, security evangelist and director of Malwarebytes Labs, has a few tips for overburdened IT folks looking to simplify their fight against ransomware.  In this post, we’ll break down Kujawa’s observations about ransomware and three tips on…

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T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over data breach

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:32:19 +0000

T-Mobile has proposed to settle its 2021 data breach by paying $350 million, along with an incremental spend of $150 million in security.

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