New Incident Report Reveals How Hive Ransomware Targets Organizations

A recent Hive ransomware attack carried out by an affiliate involved the exploitation of "ProxyShell" vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server that were disclosed last year to encrypt an unnamed customer's network. "The actor managed to achieve its malicious goals and encrypt the...

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...

A week in security (April 11 – 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users Old Play Store apps served notice by upcoming API level changes Denonia cryptominer is first malware to target AWS Lambda Ransomware: March 2022 review Why identity management...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday includes most vulnerabilities since Sept. 2020

By Jon Munshaw and Nick Biasini. Microsoft released its latest security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 140 vulnerabilities across its array of products. This is a departure from past Patch Tuesdays this year, which have only featured a few dozen vulnerabilities, and is the largest... This i...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2022 addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 128 vulnerabilities in there April patch Tuesday update. Two of them have been categorized as zero-day vulnerabilities. One of the two zero-days is exploited-in-the-wild as well. The vulnerability,...

Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Windows RPC Runtime

Microsoft’s April 2022 Patch Tuesday introduced patches to more than a hundred new vulnerabilities in various components. Three critical vulnerabilities were found and patched in Windows RPC Remote Procedure Call runtime: CVE-2022-24492 and CVE-2022-24528 discovered by Yuki Chen with Cyber KunLun...

April 2022 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases 145 Vulnerabilities with 10 Critical; Adobe Releases 4 Advisories, 78 Vulnerabilities with 51 Critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 145 vulnerabilities, including 17 Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities, in the April 2022 update, with ten 10 classified as Critical as they allow Remote Code Execution RCE. This month’s Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for two 2 zero-day...

Patch Tuesday - April 2022

From Defender to Windows, Office to Azure, this month’s Patch Tuesday has a large swath of Microsoft’s portfolio getting vulnerabilities fixed. 119 CVEs were addressed today, not including the 26 Chromium vulnerabilities that were fixed in the Edge browser. One of these has been observed being...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2022

Hello everyone! I am glad to greet you from the most sanctioned country in the world. Despite all the difficulties, we carry on. I even have some time to release new episodes. This time it will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2022. Alternative video link for Russia: I do the analysis a...

Update now! Microsoft patches three zero-day vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday

The updates for Microsofts March 2022 Patch Tuesday should fix 92 vulnerabilities, including three zero-day vulnerabilities. Of the 92 vulnerabilities, 21 are for Microsoft Edge and originate from the Chromium Project. Of the 71 others, three are classified as Critical because they allow remote...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2022 Edition

Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to plug at least 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. For the second month running, there are no scary zero-day threats looming for Windows users, and relatively few "critical" fixes. And yet we know from experienc...

Microsoft addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities March 2022 Patch Tuesday Update

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 71 the following vulnerabilities in their March 2022 Patch Tuesday Update. This advisory briefs about six vulnerabilities out of which three of them have been rated critical in severity and three of them ar...

Critical Security Patches Issued by Microsoft, Adobe and Other Major Software Firms

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for the month of March has been made officially available with 71 fixes spanning across its software products such as Windows, Office, Exchange, and Defender, among others. Of the total 71 patches, three are rated Critical and 68 are rated Important in severity...

Microsoft Addresses 3 Zero-Days & 3 Critical Bugs for March Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has addressed 71 security vulnerabilities in its scheduled March Patch Tuesday update – only three of which are rated critical in severity. The other 68 are all rated “important.” Three of the bugs are listed as publicly known zero-days, but none of them are listed as having been...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

By Jon Munshaw and Edmund Brumaghin. Microsoft released another relatively light security update Tuesday, disclosing 71 vulnerabilities, including fixes for issues in Azure and the Office suite of products. March’s Patch Tuesday only included two critical vulnerabilities, which is notable... This...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday February 2022

Hello everyone! This episode will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2022. I release it pretty late, because of the my previous big episode about the blindspots in the Knowledge Bases of Vulnerability Scanners. Please take a look if you havent seen it. Well, if you are even slightly...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses a zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kernel

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 51 vulnerabilities in the February 2022 patch Tuesday release, one of which was classified as a zero-day vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to gain control of a...

Microsoft and Other Major Software Firms Release February 2022 Patch Updates

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its monthly security updates with fixes for 51 vulnerabilities across its software line-up consisting of Windows, Office, Teams, Azure Data Explorer, Visual Studio Code, and other components such as Kernel and Win32k. Among the 51 defects closed, 50 are rated...

Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (February 2022) – Microsoft 70 Vulnerabilities with 0 Critical; Adobe 17 Vulnerabilities with 5 Critical

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – February 2022 Microsoft addresses 70 vulnerabilities in their February 2022 Patch Tuesday release. While none of the vulnerabilities in this month’s Microsoft release cycle have been assigned as critical risk, several have been given a High risk rating CVSSv3.1 score of...

Patch Tuesday - February 2022

Today’s fixes from Microsoft are relatively light as far as Patch Tuesdays go. This is the first month in possibly forever where no vulnerabilities are considered Critical. A total of 70 CVEs were fixed today including 22 that affect the Chromium browser engine, which is used by Edge. Although 16...