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Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) discovered the MHTML remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2024-38112. Trend Micro researchers immediately alerted Microsoft of this vulnerability being used in–the-wild as ZDI-CAN-24433. CVE-2024-38112 was used as part of an attack chain by the Read More …
Check Point Research recently discovered that threat actors have been using novel (or previously unknown) tricks to lure Windows users for remote code execution. Specifically, the attackers used special Windows Internet Shortcut files (.url extension name), which, when clicked, would Read More …
With the information security industry’s two largest conferences (Black Hat Briefings and Def Con) set to happen in less than a month, Microsoft pulled out all the stops and, for July, nearly tripled the number of patches they released in Read More …
The Cardinal cybercrime group (aka Storm-1811, UNC4393), which operates the Black Basta ransomware, may have been exploiting a recently patched Windows privilege escalation vulnerability as a zero-day. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-26169) occurs in the Windows Error Reporting Service. If exploited on Read More …
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of an exploited-in-the-wild information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Check Point Security Gateways. Identified as CVE-2024-24919 and given a CVSSv3 score of 8.6, the vulnerability is more severe than it initially appears. Read More …
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of a remote code execution vulnerability in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures. Confluence Server is a software to manage documentation and knowledge Read More …
Google has released an emergency security update for its Chrome browser. The update includes a patch released four days earlier for a vulnerability which Google say is already being exploited. The easiest way to update Chrome is to allow it Read More …
In early April 2024, Kaspersky researchers decided to take a closer look at the Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2023-36033, which was previously discovered as a zero-day exploited in the wild. While searching for samples related to Read More …
This threat brief is frequently updated as new threat intelligence is available for us to share. The full update log is at the end of this post and offers the fullest account of all changes made. Updated April 19 to Read More …
Zero-day hackers exploit security vulnerabilities in software that the developers of that software are often completely oblivious about. Imagine scrolling through your social media feed when a notification pops up, seemingly from a trusted friend. It contains a funny meme Read More …
