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Categories: Business Tags: microsoft Tags: zero-day Tags: exploit Tags: CVE-2023-36884 Tags: storm-0978 Tags: email Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: Ukraine We take a look at reports of an exploit being deployed via booby trapped Word documents. (Read more...) The post Zero-day deploys remote code execution vulnerability via Word documents appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Microsoft says hackers somehow stole a cryptographic key, perhaps from its own network, that let them forge user identities and slip past cloud defenses.

By Waqas LokiBot, a notorious Trojan active since 2015, specializes in stealing sensitive information from Windows machines, posing a significant threat to user data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Attack Drops LokiBot Malware Via Malicious Macros in Word Docs

By Waqas Microsoft has exposed and halted an intrusion campaign by a China-based threat actor, Storm-0558. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Group Storm-0558 Hacked European Govt Emails, Microsoft

Ubuntu Security Notice 6220-1 - Hangyu Hua discovered that the Flower classifier implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that for some Intel processors the INVLPG instruction implementation did not properly flush global TLB entries when PCIDs are enabled. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly cause undesired behaviors.

By Deeba Ahmed The Big Head ransomware samples were discovered in the US, France, Spain, and Turkey. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Big Head Ransomware Found in Malvertising and Fake Windows Updates

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds immense potential for optimizing internal processes within businesses. However, it also comes with legitimate concerns regarding unauthorized use, including data loss risks and legal consequences. In this article, we will explore the risks associated with AI implementation and discuss measures to minimize damages. Additionally, we will examine regulatory

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it repelled a cyber attack staged by a Chinese nation-state actor targeting two dozen organizations, some of which include government agencies, in a cyber espionage campaign designed to acquire confidential data. The attacks, which commenced on May 15, 2023, entailed access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 entities and a small number of related

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a novel rootkit signed by Microsoft that's engineered to communicate with an actor-controlled attack infrastructure. Trend Micro has attributed the activity cluster to the same actor that was previously identified as behind the FiveSys rootkit, which came to light in October 2021. "This malicious actor originates from China and their main victims are the

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 130 new security flaws spanning its software, including six zero-day flaws that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 130 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 121 are rated Important in severity. This is in addition to eight flaws the tech giant patched in its Chromium-based Edge browser towards the end of