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Microsoft on Tuesday warned of an actively exploited zero-day flaw impacting Internet Explorer that’s being used to hijack vulnerable Windows systems by leveraging weaponized Office documents. Tracked as CVE-2021-40444 (CVSS score: 8.8), the remote code execution flaw is rooted in MSHTML (aka Trident), a proprietary browser engine for the now-discontinued Internet Explorer and which is…
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A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Unknown threat actors hacked the Verified forum in January, Crdclub in February, and Exploit and Maza in March,…
‘Black Kingdom’ Ransomware Hits Unpatched Exchange Servers
Email Security & Protection , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Attack Code ‘Rudimentary and Amateurish’ but Still a Threat Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 24, 2021 Ransom note left by Black Kingdom (Source: MalwareTech) Attackers gunning for an easy payday are continuing to target Microsoft Exchange servers that have not…
Businesses Left Reeling Globally After Ransomware Attack on US IT Firm
A ransomware attack at Florida-based IT firm Kaseya left businesses around the world scrambling. Cybersecurity experts say the Russian-linked REvil ransomware gang appears to be behind the attack. The REvil ransomware gang was blamed by the FBI for paralyzing meat packer JBS last month. Loading Something is loading. Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to…
First Known Malware Attack Windows Containers
Using Windows Server in a “Windows container”? Then beware of it, as recently, it has been confirmed that highly sophisticated malware has been active for over a year. The cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have recently discovered a new malware, known as, “Siloscape,” and it uses Windows containers to access Kubernetes clusters. …
Latvian Woman Charged for Role In Crafting Trickbot …
Alla Witte and her associates are accused of using Trickbot to infect tens of millions of computers around the world, the Justice Department reports. The US government has charged a Latvian woman for her role in creating the Trickbot malware. Alla Witte was charged in federal court in Cleveland with 19 counts of a 47-count indictment. The indictment…