Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation

Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. Tracked as CVE-2024-21410 CVSS score: 9.8, the issue has been...

Update now! Microsoft fixes two zero-days on February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has issued patches for 73 security vulnerabilities in its February 2024 Patch Tuesday. Among these vulnerabilities are two zero-days that are reportedly being used in the wild. The two zero-day vulnerabilities have already been added to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency...

DarkMe Malware Targets Traders Using Microsoft SmartScreen Zero-Day Vulnerability

A newly disclosed security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as a zero-day by an advanced persistent threat actor called Water Hydra aka DarkCasino targeting financial market traders. Trend Micro, which began tracking the campaign in late December 2023, said it entails...

Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days

Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and...

The vulnerability of the SmartScreen security component, which prevents unauthorized access and malicious programs from being executed on Windows operating systems, allows attackers to circumvent security restrictions.

The vulnerability of the SmartScreen security component against phishing and malicious programs in Windows operating systems is related to errors in security settings. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to circumvent security restrictions by allowing the user to open a special...

Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today pushed software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited in active attacks. Top of the heap on this Fat Patch Tuesday is CVE-2024-21412, a...

Patch Tuesday - February 2024

Microsoft is addressing 73 vulnerabilities this February 2024 Patch Tuesday, including two actually, three! zero-day/exploited-in-the-wild vulnerabilities, both of which are already included on the CISA KEV list. Today also brings patches for two critical remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities...

First Microsoft Patch Tuesday zero-day of 2024 disclosed as part of group of 75 vulnerabilities

Microsoft followed up one of the lightest recent Patch Tuesdays in January with a large release of vulnerabilities on Tuesday, although still far from numbers seen in the past. In all, Februarys security update from Microsoft includes 75 vulnerabilities, three of which are considered critical...

CVE-2024-21351

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-21351

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

Security feature bypass

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability...

CVE-2024-21351

CVE-2024-21351 is a Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass vulnerability. Public exploits exist; attackers could bypass SmartScreen and inject code, potentially gaining code execution, exposing data, or impacting availability. Relevant advisories note active exploitation and focus on applyin...

CVE-2024-21351 Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-21351 Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 5 to 11 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 five attacks were executed, six vulnerabilities were uncovered, and two active adversaries were...

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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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...

PT-2024-1622

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass vulnerability in the Windows SmartScreen component, which is associated with errors in security settings. Exploitation of this issu...

SmartScreen Vulnerability: CVE-2024-21412 Facts and Fixes

This entry aims to provide additional context to CVE-2024-21412, how it can be used by threat actors, and how Trend protects customers from this specific vulnerability...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2024-21351

Microsoft Windows SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the SmartScreen user experience and inject code to potentially gain code execution, which could lead to some data exposure, lack of system availability, or both...