Microsoft Office zero-day “Follina”—it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! (It’s a bug)

Update: Please see our FAQ for the latest guidance and mitigation tips on Follina. On Monday May 30, 2022, Microsoft issued CVE-2022-30190 regarding the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool MSDT in Windows vulnerability. The mitigation offered by Microsoft consists of an alternative method to...

Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack

UPDATE A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office allows adversaries to run malicious code on targeted systems via a flaw a remote Word template feature. The warning comes from Japanese security vendor Nao Sec, which tweeted a warning about the zero day over the weekend. It’s unclear if the...

Watch Out! Researchers Spot New Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office that could be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected Windows systems. The vulnerability came to light after an independent cybersecurity research team known as naosec uncovered a Word document...

Zero-day vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Word

A researcher has found a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word. This new exploit in Office macros, external template files containing malicious code while macros are disabled. When a user converts the document to RTF format, the code is also executed in "Protected view" or "Preview mode. For...

Weekly Threat Digest: 16-22 May 2022

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 466 6 2 26 10 27 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The third week of May 2022 witnessed the discovery of 466 vulnerabilities out of which 6...

Zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Android exploited by commercial spyware

The Google Threat Analysis Group TAG has revealed that of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Chrome, Android, Apple and Microsoft that it reported in 2021, five were in use by a single commercial surveillance company. Did I hear someone say Pegasus? An educated guess, but wrong in this...

RedLine InfoStealer exploits Google Chrome’s zero-day

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The notorious information-gathering malware RedLine InfoStealer is stealing data from individuals and organizations such as Samsung, Zoom, Cisco, Vodafone, Jio, and Axis Bank by exploiting a two-month-old zero-day...

Put SecOps in the Driver’s Seat with Custom Assessment and Remediation

When zero-day threats emerge, time is of the essence. Security teams struggle to manage and respond to a range of challenges that often require custom approaches outside of existing vulnerability and security programs. Recently, many companies scrambled to mount their defenses against the Log4She...

Cytrox's Predator Spyware Targeted Android Users with Zero-Day Exploits

Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG on Thursday pointed fingers at a North Macedonian spyware developer named Cytrox for developing exploits against five zero-day aka 0-day flaws, four in Chrome and one in Android, to target Android users. "The 0-day exploits were used alongside n-day exploits as...

QNAP Urges Users to Update NAS Devices to Prevent Deadbolt Ransomware Attacks

Taiwanese network-attached storage NAS devices maker QNAP on Thursday warned its customers of a fresh wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. The intrusions are said to have targeted TS-x51 series and TS-x53 series appliances running on QTS 4.3.6 and QTS 4.4.1, according to its product security...

Spyware Vendors Target Android With Zero-Day Exploits

New research from Google's Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry...

Weekly Threat Digest: 9-15 May 2022

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 650 3 1 14 10 13 The second week of May 2022 witnessed the discovery of 650 vulnerabilities out of which 3 gained...

Update now! Apple patches zero-day vulnerability affecting Macs, Apple Watch, and Apple TV

Apple has released security updates for a zero-day vulnerability that affects multiple products, including Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. The flaw is an out-of-bounds write issue—tracked as CVE-2022-22675—in AppleAVD, a decoder that handles specific media files. An out-of-bounds write or read fl...

Get to Know Steve Povolny

Meet Steve Povolny Head of Advanced Threat Research for Trellix Threat Labs By Michael Alicea · May 17, 2022 At Trellix, we celebrate and champion our people. This week, I sat down with Steve Povolny, Head of Advanced Threat Research for Trellix Threat Labs. As he is one of the leading...

A week in security (May 9 – 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilit...

Three zero-days addressed in Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 74 vulnerabilities in their May 2022 Patch Tuesday Security Update. Three of them are zero-days, and one is being exploited in the wild. The LSA Spoofing vulnerability CVE-2022-26925 is actively exploited i...

Delta Electronics CNCSoft

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: CNCSoft Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Read 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary code execution or information...

Update now! Microsoft releases patches, including one for actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft has released patches for 74 security problems, including fixes for seven “critical” vulnerabilities, and an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows. First, well look at the actively exploited zero-day. Then well discuss two zero-days that...

Microsoft Releases Fix for New Zero-Day with May 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out fixes for as many as 74 security vulnerabilities, including one for a zero-day bug that's being actively exploited in the wild. Of the 74 issues, seven are rated Critical, 66 are rated Important, and one is rated low in severity. Two of the flaws are listed as...

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...