Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO's Systems

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla infected several systems belonging to an unnamed European non-governmental organization NGO in order to deploy a backdoor called TinyTurla-NG TTNG. "The attackers compromised the first system, established persistence and added exclusions to antivirus...

CVE-2024-20671

Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

Security feature bypass

Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-20671 Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-20671 Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Microsoft Defender Security Vulnerability

Microsoft Defender is a threat protection software from Microsoft USA. Microsoft Defender has a security vulnerability. An attacker exploiting the vulnerability could bypass certain features...

PT-2024-2287 · Microsoft · Defender

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Defender affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to errors in security settings, allowing an attacker to bypass existing security restrictions using a specially crafted file. Recommendations: At the moment,...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 12 to 18 February 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of eight attacks were executed, five vulnerabilities were uncovered, and three active adversaries we...

KLA63962 PE vulnerability in Microsoft System Center

An elevation of privilege vulnerability was found in Microsoft System Center. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges. Original advisories CVE-2024-21315 Related products Microsoft-Windows Microsoft-Defender-for-Endpoint-for-Windows CVE list CVE-2024-21315 critical KB li...

Water Hydra Exploits CVE-2024-21412 to Target Financial Traders

Summary: Water Hydra exploited CVE-2024-21412 to bypass Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, targeting financial traders with DarkMe malware through sophisticated spearphishing tactics. This underscores the persistent threat of APT groups and highlights the challenge of defending against evolving atta...

Privilege escalation

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-21412: Water Hydra Targets Traders with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Zero-Day

The APT group Water Hydra has been exploiting the zero-day Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability CVE-2024-21412 in its campaigns targeting financial market traders. This vulnerability, which has now been patched by Microsoft, was discovered and disclosed by the Trend Micro Zero Day...

Vulnerability fixed in Microsoft Windows Defender

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in Defender for Endpoint. A local malicious agent could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges and thus potentially gain access to sensitive data on the system. Microsoft has made updates available that fix the described...

CVE-2024-21412: Water Hydra Targets Traders With Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Zero-Day

The APT group Water Hydra has been exploiting the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability CVE-2024-21412 in its campaigns targeting financial market traders. This vulnerability, which has now been patched by Microsoft, was discovered and disclosed by the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative...

Microsoft Defender Security Vulnerability

Microsoft Defender is a threat protection software from Microsoft USA. A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The following products and versions are affected: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows for Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems,Microsoft Defende...

PurpleKeep - Providing Azure Pipelines To Create An Infrastructure And Run Atomic Tests

With the rapidly increasing variety of attack techniques and a simultaneous rise in the number of detection rules offered by EDRs Endpoint Detection and Response and custom-created ones, the need for constant functional testing of detection rules has become evident. However, manually re-running...

Windows SmartScreen Exploit Paves the Way for Phemedrone Stealer

Summary: The Phemedrone stealer malware campaign exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Phemedrone, an open-source information-stealing malware written in C, is designed to extract data from web browsers, and cryptocurrency wallets. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report For a...

Unified security operations with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR

Numerous cybersecurity tools exist to help organizations protect their data, people, and systems. There are different tools that check emails for phishing attempts, secure infrastructure and cloud, and provide generative AI to detect threats and uplevel response beyond human ability. While each o...

Qualys and Microsoft Sunset Embedded Integration of Qualys Solutions for Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Qualys offers a holistic risk-based approach to securing modern cloud workloads Over the past three years, Qualys has had a strong collaboration with Microsoft, with Qualys providing the vulnerability assessment engine for Microsoft Defender for Cloud, covering infrastructure and container...