In this blog, the global experts across our Rapid7 Labs and Managed Services teams share real-time vulnerability insights and threat intelligence so that our customers can anticipate and prevent breaches, pinpoint critical threats, and confidently take command of their attack surface.
The Rapid7 Labs team has rounded up statistics and trends that caught their eye throughout the year, spanning ransomware, initial access vectors, common malware strains, notable CVE exploitation, and more.
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- Microsoft discloses more than 130 vulnerabilities as part of July’s Patch Tuesday, four exploited in the wild
July 11, 2023
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing the most vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday in more than a year. The company released details of more than 130 vulnerabilities, the most in a month since April 2022, 10 of which are considered to be critical. The remaining vulnerabilities are “important.” Read more… Source: Talos
- 12,000 State Bank of India employees’ sensitive data leaked on Telegram channels
July 11, 2023
In a massive data breach incident, the data of more than 12,000 State Bank of India (SBI) employees was leaked on Telegram channels. The leaked data included the employees’ personal information, such as their SBI passbooks, names, addresses, contact numbers, and PAN numbers. The data breach was unearthed after a Telegram channel with the handle @sbi_data ...
- Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives
July 11, 2023
Microsoft has identified a phishing campaign conducted by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0978 targeting defense and government entities in Europe and North America. The campaign involved the abuse of CVE-2023-36884, which included a remote code execution vulnerability exploited before disclosure to Microsoft via Word documents, using lures related to the Ukrainian World Congress. Read more… Source: Microsoft
- Attackers Exploit Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability
July 11, 2023
A zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-36884) affecting Microsoft Windows and Office products is being exploited by attackers in the wild. To date, the exploit has been used in highly targeted attacks against organizations in the government and defense sectors in Europe and North America. The vulnerability was disclosed yesterday (July 11) by Microsoft, which said that an attacker ...
- Florida patients among 11 million affected by HCA Healthcare data breach
July 10, 2023
Data on roughly 11 million HCA Healthcare patients in 20 states including Florida, was stolen and recently posted on an online forum, the hospital chain reported on Sunday. According to the company, an unauthorized party gained access to 27 million rows of data stored at an external location that is used to to automate company email ...
- Ventia takes systems offline to contain cyber attack
July 10, 2023
Ventia has taken an undisclosed number of “key systems” offline to contain a cyber security incident. The listed company, which provides long-term operation, maintenance, and management for critical public and private assets and infrastructure, disclosed the incident on Saturday. Read more… Source: IT News