First Microsoft Patch Tuesday zero-day of 2024 disclosed as part of group of 75 vulnerabilities
Although considered of moderate risk, one of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited in the wild — CVE-2024-21351, a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows SmartScreen.
Attackers use JavaScript URLs, API forms and more to scam users in popular online game “Roblox”
Knowing the common scams is an important step in using the platform safely. The following recommendations help players not fall into scams.
Microsoft discloses more than 130 vulnerabilities as part of July’s Patch Tuesday, four exploited in the wild
Four of the disclosed vulnerabilities — albeit “important” ones — have been detected being exploited in the wild: CVE-2023-32046, CVE-2023-32049, CVE-2023-35311 and CVE-2023-36874.
New phishing-as-a-service tool “Greatness” already seen in the wild
Greatness incorporates features seen in some of the most advanced PaaS offerings, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass, IP filtering and integration with Telegram bots.
Breaking the silence - Recent Truebot activity
Since August 2022, we have seen an increase in infections of Truebot (aka Silence.Downloader) malware. Truebot was first identified in 2017 and researchers have linked it to a threat actor called Silence Group that is responsible for several high-impact attacks on financial insti
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for July 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing more than 80 vulnerabilities in the company’s various software, hardware and firmware offerings, including one that’s actively being exploited in the wild. July's security update features three critical vulne
From BlackMatter to BlackCat: Analyzing two attacks from one affiliate
* BlackCat is a recent and growing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that targeted several organizations worldwide over the past few months. * There are rumors of a relationship between BlackCat and the BlackMatter/DarkSide ransomware groups, infamous for attacking the Colon
Magnat campaigns use malvertising to deliver information stealer, backdoor and malicious Chrome extension
By Tiago Pereira. * Talos recently observed a malicious campaign offering fake installers of popular software as bait to get users to execute malware on their systems. * This campaign includes a set of malware distribution campaigns that started in late 2018 and have targeted
Threat hunting in large datasets by clustering security events
By Tiago Pereira. * Security tools can produce very large amounts of data that even the most sophisticated organizations may struggle to manage. * Big data processing tools, such as spark, can be a powerful tool in the arsenal of security teams. * This post walks through thr