Hackers Set Up a Fake Cybersecurity Firm to Target Security Experts

A North Korean government-backed campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers with malware has re-emerged with new tactics in their arsenal as part of a fresh social engineering attack. In an update shared on Wednesday, Google's Threat Analysis Group said the attackers behind the operation set up...

Patch Tuesday - March 2021

Another Patch Tuesday 2021-Mar is upon us and with this month comes a whopping 122 CVEs. As usual Windows tops the list of the most patched product. However, this month it’s browser vulnerabilities taking the second place, outnumbering Office vulnerabilities 3:1! Lastly, the Exchange Server...

March 2021 Patch Tuesday – 82 Vulnerabilities, 10 Critical, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 82 vulnerabilities, of which 10 are rated with Critical severity. This follows an out-of-band security update on March 2 to address critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. Adobe released patches today for its FrameMaker, Creative Cloud Deskto...

Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates

ARCHIVED STORY Seven Windows Wonders – Critical Vulnerabilities in DNS Dynamic Updates Eoin Carroll · MAR 09, 2021 Overview For the March 2021 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a set of seven DNS vulnerabilities. Five of the vulnerabilities are remote code execution RCE with critical CVSS Common...

Microsoft Pulls Bad Windows Update After Patch Issue

Microsoft has removed a faulty servicing stack update, which was causing issues for Windows users when they tried to install last week’s Patch Tuesday security updates. Microsoft’s servicing stack update provides fixes for the component that installs Windows updates. This particular defective...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 11, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We have an update on LodaRAT, a trojan we’ve been following for years. This threat has a new version targeting Android devices, looking to infect devices and steal user’s credentials and monitor things like their phone calls and...

Big Patch Tuesday: Microsoft and Adobe fix in-the-wild exploits

Traditionally the second Tuesday of the month is Microsoft’s “patch Tuesday”. This is the day when they roll out all the available patches for their software, and their operating systems in particular. Since there were no less than 56 patches in this month’s issue we will focus on the most...

Patch Tuesday - February 2021

The second Patch Tuesday of 2021 is relatively light on the vulnerability count, with 64 CVEs being addressed across the majority of Microsoft’s product families. Despite that, there’s still plenty to discuss this month. Vulnerability Breakdown by Software Family Family | Vulnerability Count...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2021 Edition

Microsoft today rolled out updates to plug at least 56 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. One of the bugs is already being actively exploited, and six of them were publicized prior to today, potentially giving attackers a head start in figuring out how to exploit...

Actively Exploited Windows Kernel Bug Allows Takeover

Microsoft has addressed nine critical-severity cybersecurity bugs in February’s Patch Tuesday updates, plus an important-rated vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. Six of the security holes – including one of the critical bugs – were already publicly disclosed. Overall, the...

February 2021 Patch Tuesday – 56 Vulnerabilities, 11 Critical, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 56 vulnerabilities, of which 11 are rated as Critical. Adobe released patches today for Reader, Acrobat, Magento, Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. TCP/IP Trio Microsoft released a set of fixes affecting Windows TCP/IP implementation...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Feb. 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Bill Largent. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 56 vulnerabilities across its suite of products. This is the smallest amount of vulnerabilities Microsoft has disclosed in a month since January 2020. There are only 11 critica...

A week in security (January 11 – January 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at IoT problems, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, and how cybercriminals want access to your cloud services. We also explored how VPNs can protect your privacy, and asked if MSPs have picked the right PSA. Other cybersecurity news Hot phishing targets: Some...

Microsoft issues 83 patches, one for actively exploited vulnerability

Every second Tuesday of the month its Patch Tuesday. On Patch Tuesday Microsoft habitually issues a lot of patches for bugs and vulnerabilities in its software. Its always important to patch, but the update that was released on January 12 is one to pay attention to. Thats because it contains a...

Patch Tuesday - January 2021

We arrive at the first Patch Tuesday of 2021 2021-Jan with 83 vulnerabilities across our standard spread of products. Windows Operating System vulnerabilities dominated this month's advisories, followed by Microsoft Office which includes the SharePoint family of products, and lastly some from les...

Critical Microsoft Defender Bug Actively Exploited; Patch Tuesday Offers 83 Fixes

Microsoft addressed 10 critical bugs, one under active exploit and another publicly known, in its January Patch Tuesday roundup of fixes. In total it patched 83 vulnerabilities. The most serious bug is a flaw in Microsoft’s Defender anti-malware software that allows remote attackers to infect...

January 2021 Patch Tuesday – 83 Vulnerabilities, 10 Critical, One Zero Day, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 83 vulnerabilities. The 10 Critical vulnerabilities cover Windows codecs, Office, HEVC video extensions, RPC runtime, and several other workstation vulnerabilities. Adobe released patches today for Photoshop, Campaign Classic, InCopy, Illustrator,...

Vulristics Vulnerability Score, Automated Data Collection and Microsoft Patch Tuesdays Q4 2020

In this episode I would like to make a status update of my Vulristics project. For those who dont know, in this project I retrieve publicly available vulnerability data and analyze it to better understand the severity of these vulnerabilities and better prioritize them. Currently, it is mainly...

Microsoft Releases Windows Update (Dec 2020) to Fix 58 Security Flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 58 newly discovered security flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services as part of its final Patch Tuesday of 2020, effectively bringing their CVE total to 1,250 for the year. Of these 58 patches, nine are rated as Critical, 46 are rated as Importan...

Microsoft Releases Windows Update (Dec 2020) to Fix 58 Security Flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 58 newly discovered security flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services as part of its final Patch Tuesday of 2020, effectively bringing their CVE total to 1,250 for the year. Of these 58 patches, nine are rated as Critical, 46 are rated as Importan...