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Microsoft warns of an increasing number of web shell attacks

Microsoft says that the number of monthly web shell attacks has almost doubled since last year, with an average of 140,000 such malicious tools being found on compromised servers every month. […]

11 Feb

Intel fixes vulnerabilities in Windows, Linux graphics drivers

Intel addressed 57 vulnerabilities during this month’s Patch Tuesday, including high severity ones impacting Intel Graphics Drivers. […]

11 Feb

12-year-old Windows Defender bug gives hackers admin rights

Microsoft has fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) that could allow attackers to gain admin rights on unpatched Windows systems. […]

11 Feb

TrickBot’s BazarBackdoor malware is now coded in Nim to evade antivirus

TrickBot’s stealthy BazarBackdoor malware has been rewritten in the Nim programming language, likely to evade detection by security software. […]

11 Feb

Hackers ask only $1,500 for access to breached company networks

The number of offers for network access and their median prices on the public face of hacker forums dropped in the final quarter of last year but the statistics fail to reflect the real size of the initial access market. […]

10 Feb

French MNH health insurance company hit by RansomExx ransomware

French health insurance company Mutuelle Nationale des Hospitaliers (MNH) has suffered a ransomware attack that has severely disrupted the company’s operations. BleepingComputer has learned. […]

10 Feb

Microsoft Office February security updates patch Sharepoint, Excel RCE bugs

Microsoft has addressed important severity remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting multiple Office products in the January 2021 Office security updates. […]

10 Feb

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 bug letting attackers trigger BSOD crashes

Microsoft has fixed a bug that could allow a threat actor to create specially crafted downloads that crash Windows 10 simply by opening the folder where they are downloaded. […]

10 Feb

Apple fixes SUDO root privilege escalation flaw in macOS

Apple has fixed a sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave, allowing any local user to gain root-level privileges. […]

09 Feb

HelloKitty ransomware behind CD Projekt Red cyberattack, data theft

The ransomware attack against CD Projekt Red was conducted by a ransomware group that goes by the name ‘HelloKitty,’ and yes, that’s the name the threat actors utilize. […]

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Microsoft warns of an increasing number of web shell attacks

Intel fixes vulnerabilities in Windows, Linux graphics drivers

12-year-old Windows Defender bug gives hackers admin rights

TrickBot’s BazarBackdoor malware is now coded in Nim to evade antivirus

Hackers ask only $1,500 for access to breached company networks

French MNH health insurance company hit by RansomExx ransomware

Microsoft Office February security updates patch Sharepoint, Excel RCE bugs

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 bug letting attackers trigger BSOD crashes

Apple fixes SUDO root privilege escalation flaw in macOS

HelloKitty ransomware behind CD Projekt Red cyberattack, data theft