MagicWeb: NOBELIUM’s post-compromise trick to authenticate as anyone

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft security researchers have discovered a post-compromise capability we’re calling MagicWeb, which is used by a threat actor we track as NOBELIUM to maintain persistent access to compromised environments.

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Data governance: 5 tips for holistic data protection

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Proactive data governance offers a holistic approach that conserves resources and simplifies the protection of your data assets. Microsoft Purview provides a comprehensive data governance solution designed to help manage your on-premises, multicloud, and software as a service (SaaS) data. Here are five ways it can help.

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Looking for the ‘Sliver’ lining: Hunting for emerging command-and-control frameworks

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Threat actors evade detection by adopting the Sliver command-and-control (C2) framework in intrusion campaigns.

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Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus

Credit to Author: Ryan Soliven| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We investigate mhyprot2.sys, a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the popular role-playing game Genshin Impact. The driver is currently being abused by a ransomware actor to kill antivirus processes and services for mass-deploying ransomware.

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Thousands of Hikvision video cameras remain unpatched and vulnerable to takeover

Categories: News

Tags: Hikvision

Tags: CVE-2021-36260

Tags: metasploit

Tags: Mirai

Tags: Moobot

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A patch has been available since September 2021, yet tens of thousands of systems used by 2,300 organizations across 100 countries have still not applied the security update.

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Google flags man as sex abuser after he sends photos of child to doctor

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Tags: CSAM

Tags: de-Google

Tags: AI

Tags: NCMEC

Tags: EFF

Tags: false positive

Tech giants are scanning our private files to find predators guilty of sexually abusing children, but they are creating victims of their own.

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