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Newly discovered malware linked to Vietnamese threat actors targets users through a LinkedIn phishing campaign to steal data and admin privileges for financial gain.

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Microsoft is taking RDP attacks to task in Windows 11, with default lockdowns for too many incorrect passwords entered. The post Microsoft clamps down on RDP brute-force attacks in Windows 11 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

PCProtect Endpoint version 5.17.470 fails to provide sufficient anti-tampering protection that can be leveraged to achieve SYSTEM privileges.

Commodity malware usage surpasses ransomware by narrow margin  By Caitlin Huey. For the first time in more than a year, ransomware was not the top threat Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) responded to this quarter, as commodity malware surpassed ransomware by a narrow margin. This is likely due to several factors, including the closure of several ransomware groups, whether it be of their own volition or the actions of global law enforcement agencies and governments.  Commodity malware was the top observed threat this quarter, a notable development given the general decrease in observations of attacks leveraging commodity trojans in CTIR engagements since 2020. These developments coincide with a general resurgence of certain email-based trojans in recent months, as law enforcement and technology companies have continued to attempt to disrupt and affect email-based malware threats like Emotet and Trickbot. This quarter featured malware such as the Remcos remote access trojan ...

Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior.

An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking users into downloading SmokeLoader that masquerades as software cracks, paving the way for the deployment of Amadey, researchers from the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. Amadey, a

The open source fully homomorphic encryption library from Duality Technologies is intended to help developers build their own FHE-enabled applications.

An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2022-28346: Django: SQL injection in QuerySet.annotate(),aggregate() and extra() * CVE-2022-28347: Django: SQL injection via QuerySet.explain(options) on PostgreSQL

Several threat actors used Amadey Bot previously to steal information and distribute malware such as the GandCrab ransomware and the FlawedAmmy RAT.