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A week in security (May 23 – 29)

May 30, 2022 admin a week in security, Android, APT, awis, chrome, chromeloader, DNS, goodwill, nvidia, ransomware, round up, vulnerabilities, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 12:41:00 +0000

Posts from the last week on Malwarebytes Labs describing all the latest news, exploits, scams, and more.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft security vulnerabilities drop after five-year rise

May 28, 2022 admin microsoft, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Jon Gold| Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 12:45:00 -0700

While elevated privilege attacks remain a critical security concern when using Microsoft products, a new report says that the raw number of vulnerabilities is dropping.

Kaspersky Security

Critical vulnerabilities in VMWare products | Kaspersky official blog

May 19, 2022 admin 0days, Business, enterprise, Updates, VMware, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Editorial Team| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:52:11 +0000

Critical vulnerabilities found in VMWare products prompted DHS to issue a "patch or remove" warning to US federal agencies. Probably you should update too.

MalwareBytes Security

10 ways attackers gain access to networks

May 19, 2022 admin Business, cisa, compromise, hacking, malware, phishing, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 11:58:06 +0000

A joint multi-national cybersecurity advisory has revealed the top ten attack vectors most exploited by cybercriminals in order to gain access to organisation networks.

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Sysrv botnet is out to mine Monero on your Windows and Linux servers

May 18, 2022 admin Botnet, botnets, crypto miner, cve-2022-22947, ddos, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Golang, linux, monero, multi-platform malware, patch management, spring, sysrv, vulnerabilities, wordpress

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 12:55:00 +0000

The Sysrv botnet has been developing over the last years, and has become a multi-platform botnet that specializes in Monero cryptomining.

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Kaspersky Security

Actively exploited vulnerability in Windows | Kaspersky official blog

May 11, 2022 admin 0days, Business, enterprise, microsoft, SMB, Threats, Updates, vulberabilities, vulnerabilities, windows

Credit to Author: Editorial Team| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 18:11:21 +0000

Time to update Windows! Microsoft released patches for several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2022-26925 that is being actively exploited by cybercriminals.

Microsoft Security

Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn

April 26, 2022 admin cybersecurity, linux, microsoft, microsoft defender for endpoint, Microsoft security intelligence, Security, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has discovered several vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as Nimbuspwn, that could be chained together, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges to root on many Linux desktop endpoints. Leveraging Nimbuspwn as a vector for root access could allow attackers to achieve greater impact on vulnerable devices by deploying payloads and performing other malicious actions via arbitrary root code execution.

The post Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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128 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products | Kaspersky official blog

April 13, 2022 admin 0days, Business, Edge, enterprise, microsoft, SMB, Threats, Updates, vulnerabilities, windows

Credit to Author: Editorial Team| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:06:10 +0000

Time to update! Microsoft fixed 128 vulnerabilities in a list of products, including Windows and its components. Ten critical, one already exploited.