‘Fix It’ social-engineering scheme impersonates several brands
Criminals are luring victims looking to download software and tricking them into running a malicious command.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:01:07 +0000
Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches include a zero-day vulnerability in a Windows feature that tries to flag malicious files from the Web, a critical bug in PowerShell, and a dangerous flaw in Windows 11 systems that was detailed publicly prior to this week’s Patch Tuesday.
Read moreAPT28 attack uses old PowerPoint trick to download malware
Categories: News Tags: APT28 Tags: Fancy Bear Tags: PowerPoint Tags: PowerShell Tags: One Drive Tags: SyncAppvPublishingServer The Russian APT known as Fancy Bear was caught using an old mouseover technique that doesn’t need macros |
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Read moreForced Chrome extensions get removed, keep reappearing
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:38:18 +0000
Malwarebytes found a family of forced Chrome extensions that can’t be removed because of a policy change that tells users “Your browser is managed”.
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Read moreA week in security (June 20 – June 26)
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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Read moreCybersecurity agencies: You don’t have to delete PowerShell to secure it
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:34:04 +0000
International cybersecurity authorities have published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet on making it harder to abuse PowerShell
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Read moreConfluence exploits used to drop ransomware on vulnerable servers
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:00:03 +0000
Automated attacks are now widely exploiting the Atlassian vulnerability
Read moreTelerik UI exploitation leads to cryptominer, Cobalt Strike infections
Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:00:05 +0000
Attacker targets bugs in a popular web application graphical interface development tool
Read moreCustom PowerShell RAT targets Germans seeking information about the Ukraine crisis
Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence has uncovered an attack using the lure of information about the war in Ukraine to target people in Germany.
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Read moreColibri Loader combines Task Scheduler and PowerShell in clever persistence technique
Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:36:35 +0000
We discovered an interesting trick used by Colibri Loader to survive reboots that takes advantage of a legitimate command in PowerShell.
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