Microsoft patched flaw after Google TAG researchers reported it to the company in October. Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer’s Jscript engine after researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group…
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Destructive “CryWiper” disk-wiping malware is on the loose
Tool masquerades as ransomware but overwrites and destroys data making it unrecoverable, Kaspersky warns Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new disk wiping malware tool dubbed CryWiper landing on target systems,…
August intrusion into LastPass development environment results in 2nd breach
Password management company says a threat actor used information from previous breach to access customer information. When a threat actor manages to gain access to an organization’s software development environment, bad things…
Magecart actors ramp up exploit attempts against Magento/Adobe Commerce vulnerability
Sansec says it has observed more probes in November against the now-patched zero-day flaw (CVE-2022-24086) than the rest of the year combined. Seven threat groups affiliated with the Magecart cybercrime syndicate have…
7 vulnerabilities that federal agencies MUST address by Nov 29
Four of the vulnerabilities are Windows zero-day bugs that Microsoft disclosed in its November security update; three affect Samsung mobile devices. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Binding Operational Directive…
Australian Federal Police say Russian threat actor behind Medibank breach
“We will be holding talks with Russian law enforcement about these individuals,” AFP Commissioner says [300 words]. What: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has identified the threat actor behind the catastrophic attack…
Russia’s Iridium group deploying new ransomware payload
Prestige ransomware marks dangerous shift in strategy for threat actor Microsoft says [299 words]. What: Security researchers at Microsoft have spotted Russia-based threat group Iridium dropping a new ransomware payload dubbed “Prestige”…
NSA recommends organizations make strategic shift to memory-safe languages
Programming languages such as C and C++ rely too heavily on the programmer not making memory-related mistakes, agency says [300 words]. What: NSA says organizations should consider making a strategic shift from…
Citrix discloses critical authentication bypass flaw; two other vulnerabilities
Organizations should update as soon as possible. If past is precedent, new CVE-2022-27510 flaw could be heavily targeted [286 words]. What: A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-27510) is present in multiple versions…
Here’s what you need to know of the 4 zero-days in Microsoft’s Nov. update
Microsoft issued patches for of 62 vulnerabilities, nine of which are “Critical” severity and 53 “Important”. Four of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft November 2022 security update are zero-day flaws that are being…