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A week in security (March 2 – 8)

March 17, 2020 admin a week in security, awis, cathay pacific, coronavirus, exploit, GDPR, malware, microsoft, Mobile, phishing, round up, Security, tesco, Week in security, zynga

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:07:46 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security headlines, including the introduction of a new series on child identity theft, an examination of law enforcement’s cybersecurity woes, a progress check on our stalkerware initiative, and more coronavirus scammers on the prowl.

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A week in security

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QuickHeal Security

BlueKeep Attacks seen in the wild!

November 8, 2019 admin BlueKeep, CVE-2019-0708, exploit, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sameer Patil| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:54:04 +0000

CVE-2019-0708, popularly known as BlueKeep, is a RDP pre-authentication vulnerability which allows attacker to compromise a vulnerable system without user’s interaction. This exploit is also wormable, meaning that it can spread to other vulnerable systems in a similar way as the WannaCry malware spread across the globe in 2017. Interestingly,…

Microsoft Security

Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits

November 7, 2019 admin BlueKeep, CVE-2019-0708, cybersecurity, exploit, Microsoft security intelligence, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:05:30 +0000

The new exploit attacks show that BlueKeep will be a threat as long as systems remain unpatched, credential hygiene is not achieved, and overall security posture is not kept in check.

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The new CVE-2019-0708 RDP exploit attacks, explained

November 7, 2019 admin BlueKeep, CVE-2019-0708, cybersecurity, exploit, Microsoft security intelligence, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:05:30 +0000

The new exploit attacks show that BlueKeep will be a threat as long as systems remain unpatched, credential hygiene is not achieved, and overall security posture is not kept in check.

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MalwareBytes Security

Pulse VPN patched their vulnerability, but businesses are trailing behind

October 18, 2019 admin Business, cybercriminals, exploit, exploit kits, Exploits, patch, patching, Pulse, VPN, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:36:36 +0000

After a vulnerability in a popular business VPN solutions was discussed at length and an easy to use exploit is availbale, organizations still fail to apply the patch. What’s up?

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MalwareBytes Security

New iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones

September 27, 2019 admin apple, apple security, apple vulnerability, checkm8, exploit, Exploits, iOS, ios exploit, Mac, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:48:42 +0000

A new exploit for iOS enables attackers to gain permanent access to iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and more—with zero potential for patching. Learn why this is possibly the biggest security news for iOS since its inception.

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A case study in industry collaboration: Poisoned RDP vulnerability disclosure and response

August 7, 2019 admin CVE-2019-0887, cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), exploit, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Security Response, Vulnerability, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:50:25 +0000

Through a cross-company, cross-continent collaboration, we discovered a vulnerability, secured customers, and developed fix, all while learning important lessons that we can share with the industry.

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Security Sophos

A new Equation Editor exploit goes commercial, as maldoc attacks using it spike

July 18, 2019 admin CVE-2018-0798, doc, Equation Editor, exploit, maldoc, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PDF, RTF, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:00:18 +0000

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