EUVD-2023-26626

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Faronics WINSelect Security Breach

Faronics WINSelect is an application from Faronics, Inc. It is used to customize the usage configuration of Windows computers. A security vulnerability previously existed in Faronics WINSelect version 8.30.xx.903, which arose from a decrypted configuration file containing a plaintext password use...

The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet

The US Justice Department has dismantled an enormous botnet: According to an indictment unsealed on May 24, from 2014 through July 2022, Wang and others are alleged to have created and disseminated malware to compromise and amass a network of millions of residential Windows computers worldwide...

New PseudoManuscrypt Malware Infected Over 35,000 Computers in 2021

Industrial and government organizations, including enterprises in the military-industrial complex and research laboratories, are the targets of a new malware botnet dubbed PseudoManyscrypt that has infected roughly 35,000 Windows computers this year alone. The name comes from its similarities to...

Popular Netop Remote Learning Software Found Vulnerable to Hacking

Cybersecurity researchers on Sunday disclosed multiple critical vulnerabilities in remote student monitoring software Netop Vision Pro that a malicious attacker could abuse to execute arbitrary code and take over Windows computers. "These findings allow for elevation of privileges and ultimately...

Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers

Watch out Windows users! There's a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it. Why? That's because, first, it's an advanced fileless malware and second, it...

FBI Mapping 'Joanap Malware' Victims to Disrupt the North Korean Botnet

The United States Department of Justice DoJ announced Wednesday its effort to "map and further disrupt" a botnet tied to North Korea that has infected numerous Microsoft Windows computers across the globe over the last decade. Dubbed Joanap , the botnet is believed to be part of "Hidden Cobra"—an...

CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service

Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault ransomware malware, a district court in Rotterdam today sentenced them to 240 hours of community service. In 2015, the two suspects — Melvin 25-year-old...

Microsoft Group Policy Flaw Affects All Windows Computers

Enterprises that support remote workers need to prioritize a Microsoft security bulletin released yesterday that addresses a critical vulnerability in Group Policy. The vulnerability exposes Windows machines, all the way back to Windows Server 2003, to man-in-the-middle attacks and remote code...

Detekt Open Source Surveillance Detection Tool

Hours spent on long-distance phone calls to political activists in the Middle East, journalists in Africa or human rights organizations in Asia are stressful for Claudio Guarnieri, an independent security researcher, white-hat hacker and civil rights activist. Often he has to convince that party,...

Fake H1N1 E-mail Alerts Lead to Malware

Malicious hackers are using fake alerts around H1N1 Swine Flu vaccines to trick end users into installing malware on Windows computers, according to warnings issued by computer security firms. The latest malware campaign begins with e-mail messages offering information regarding the H1N1...

329170: Security Update

A security vulnerability has been identified that could allow an attacker to disrupt a facility by which security settings are applied to Windows-based computers in a corporate network. This could allow the attacker to loosen settings on his or her own computer or impose tighter ones on someone...