Apply those updates now: CVE bypass offers up admin privileges for Windows 10

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:07:29 +0000

A CVE bypass offers up the possibility of admin privileges on Windows 10 machines. Find out what’s happened, and how you can avoid it.

Categories: Malwarebytes news

Tags:

(Read more…)

The post Apply those updates now: CVE bypass offers up admin privileges for Windows 10 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

Patch now! Microsoft releases fixes for the serious SMB bug CVE-2020-0796

Credit to Author: alexandrebecholey| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:34:59 +0000

Microsoft issues its latest set of cumulative updates for Windows and other Microsoft products this week, but the March, 2020 Patch Tuesday is notable not only because of the sheer volume of fixes, but because it will prevent one very serious bug in its Server Message Block (SMB) technology (download the patch right now) that [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/d5Hn2Ie7ee4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

APT36 jumps on the coronavirus bandwagon, delivers Crimson RAT

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We look at a spear phishing attack from APT36, an Advanced Persistent Threat group posing as the government of India and offering guidance on coronavirus. Instead, users are infected with a Crimson RAT that steals data.

Categories:

Tags:

(Read more…)

The post APT36 jumps on the coronavirus bandwagon, delivers Crimson RAT appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

A week in security (March 2 – 8)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:07:46 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security headlines, including the introduction of a new series on child identity theft, an examination of law enforcement’s cybersecurity woes, a progress check on our stalkerware initiative, and more coronavirus scammers on the prowl.

Categories:

Tags:

(Read more…)

The post A week in security (March 2 – 8) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more