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Independent Krebs Security

Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched

September 12, 2024 0 Comments cve-2024-38217, cve-2024-38226, cve-2024-43491, immersive labs, kev breen, mark of the web, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, patch tuesday september 2024, rapid7, satnam narang, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:46:21 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today released updates to fix at least 79 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including multiple flaws that are already showing up in active attacks. Microsoft also corrected a critical bug that has caused some Windows 10 PCs to remain dangerously unpatched against actively exploited vulnerabilities for several months this year.

Independent Krebs Security

Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push

August 13, 2024 0 Comments cve-2024-38106, cve-2024-38107, cve-2024-38178, cve-2024-38189, cve-2024-38193, cve-2024-38213, kev breen, mark of the web, microsoft project, Time to Patch, windows edge, zero day initiative

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:43:05 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six zero-day flaws that are already being actively exploited by attackers.

Security Sophos

A little something for everyone on a patchwork Patch Tuesday

March 14, 2023 0 Comments cve-2023-23392, cve-2023-23397, cve-2023-23411, cve-2023-24880, dynamics, mark of the web, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Patch Tuesday, postscript, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:58:33 +0000

Even MacOS, iOS, and Android get a piece of the pie in March

MalwareBytes Security

Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web

October 26, 2022 0 Comments bypass, malformed, malware, mark of the web, motw, news, Ransomware, signature, smartscreen

Categories: News

Tags: MOTW

Tags: mark of the web

Tags: signature

Tags: malformed

Tags: malware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: bypass

Tags: SmartScreen

We take a look at reports that malware authors are using what appears to be a years-old bug to bypass Mark of the Web alerts.

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The post Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

MalwareBytes Security

Microsoft appears to be rolling back Office Macro blocking

July 11, 2022 0 Comments Business, excel, macros, mark of the web, Microsoft, office, vba macros, Windows, word

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:12:17 +0000

We waited three decades for macro blocking…and now it’s going away again!

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (June 20 – June 26)

June 27, 2022 0 Comments 311, 7-zip, A week in security, APT28, catfishing, chrome, conti, conti ransomware, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scam, cybersecurity emergency, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, dfscoerce, FBI, internet safety month, LinkedIn, linkedin scam, Magecart, mark of the web, mega, ntlm relay attack, phishing, PowerShell, Ransomware, vacation cybersecurity, vacation privacy, voicemail phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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MalwareBytes Security

7-Zip gets Mark of the Web feature, increases protection for users

June 22, 2022 0 Comments 7-zip, block, mark of the web, motw, Privacy, protected view, zip

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:28:30 +0000

Popular zipfile program 7-Zip now supports Microsoft’s Mark of the Web feature. What is it, and how does it work?

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MalwareBytes Security

Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign

April 27, 2022 0 Comments email spam campaign, emotet, icedid, malware, mark of the web, mimikatz, motw, qakbot, Qbot, trickbot

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:15:34 +0000

Emotet is back with a new spam campaign. And it’s now spreading itself as a shortcut link file pretending to be Word document.

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