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Black Basta Ransomware Operators Expand Their Attack Arsenal With QakBot Trojan and PrintNightmare Exploit
We look into a recent attack orchestrated by the Black Basta ransomware ransomware group that used the banking trojan QakBot as a means of entry and movement and took advantage of the PrintNightmare vulnerability to perform privileged file operations...
Exploit for CVE-2021-34527
CVE-2021-34527 - PrintNightmare LPE PowerShell Caleb Stew...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This months patch batch includes fixes for seven "critical" flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows. By all...
Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Gain Network Access by Exploiting Default Multifactor Authentication Protocols and “PrintNightmare” Vulnerability
Summary Multifactor Authentication MFA: A Cybersecurity Essential • MFA is one of the most important cybersecurity practices to reduce the risk of intrusions—according to industry research, users who enable MFA are up to 99 percent less likely to have an account compromised. • Every organization...
Hackers Exploiting Recently Reported Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability in the Wild
A security flaw in the Windows Print Spooler component that was patched by Microsoft in February is being actively exploited in the wild, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has warned. To that end, the agency has added the shortcoming to its Known Exploited...
Exploit for CVE-2022-26809
CVE-2021-1675 / CVE-2021-34527 Impacket implementation of the...
Russian threat actors leveraging misconfigured multifactor authentication to exploit PrintNightmare vulnerability
THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued an alert for enterprises that Russian state-sponsored cyber attackers have obtained network access by exploiting...
FBI, CISA Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting MFA and PrintNightmare Bug
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint advisory warning that Russia-backed threat actors hacked the network of an unnamed non-governmental entity by exploiting a combination of flaws. "As early as May 2021,...
Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Access Network Misconfigured with Default MFA Protocols
CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory that details how Russian state-sponsored cyber actors accessed a network with misconfigured default multifactor authentication MFA protocols. The actors then exploited a critical Windows Print Spooler...
Exploit for CVE-2021-1675
CVE-2021-1675 - PrintNightmare LPE PowerShell Caleb Stewa...
Exploit for CVE-2021-1675
CVE-2021-1675 / CVE-2021-34527 Impacket implementation of the...
Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response: interesting cases
Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response MDR provides advanced protection against the growing number of threats that bypass automatic security barriers. Its capabilities are backed by a high-professional team of security analysts operating all over the world. Each suspicious security event is...
Experts Expose Secrets of Conti Ransomware Group That Made 25 Million from Victims
The clearnet and dark web payment portals operated by the Conti ransomware group have gone down in what appears to be an attempt to shift to new infrastructure after details about the gang's inner workings and its members were made public. According to MalwareHunterTeam, "while both the clearweb...
Conti Ransomware
Conti is a sophisticated Ransomware-as-a-Service RaaS model first detected in December 2019. Since its inception, its use has grown rapidly and has even displaced the use of other RaaS tools like Ryuk. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigati...
12 New Flaws Used in Ransomware Attacks in Q3
A dozen new vulnerabilities were used in ransomware attacks this quarter, bringing the total number of bugs associated with ransomware to 278. That’s a 4.5 percent increase over Q2, according to researchers. Five of the newbies can be used to achieve remote code execution RCE, while two can be us...
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability due to the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performing privileged file operations. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to perform remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges. The vulnerability is also known unde...
Patch now! Microsoft fixes 71 Windows vulnerabilities in October Patch Tuesday
Yesterday we told you about Apple’s latest patches. Today we turn to Microsoft and its Patch Tuesday. Microsoft tends to provide a lot of information around its patches and, so, theres a lot to digest and piece together to give you an overview of the most important ones. In total, Microsoft has...
Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition
Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited. This months Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. Separatel...
