Windows

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Several government agencies in Latin America were targeted in ransomware attacks in the past months, and the latest victims are Chile and the Dominican Republic. read moreChile’s Ministry of Interior reported last week that a government agency had its systems and online services disrupted by a piece of ransomware that targeted Windows and VMware ESXi…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the remote procedure calls (RPC) for the Windows Server service, which could allow an attacker to gain control over the domain controller (DC) in a specific network configuration and execute remote code. Malicious actors could also exploit the vulnerability to modify a server’s certificate mapping to perform server spoofing….

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Also referred to as APT27, Bronze Union, Emissary Panda, Lucky Mouse, and TG-3390 (Threat Group 3390), Iron Tiger has been active since at least 2010, targeting hundreds of organizations worldwide for cyberespionage purposes. As part of recent attacks, the advanced persistent threat (APT) group abused the compromised servers of MiMi – an instant messaging application…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

With this August patch Tuesday Microsoft fixed more than a hundred vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities require special attention from corporate cybersecurity personal. Among them there are 17 critical ones, two of which are zero-days. At least one vulnerability has already been actively exploited in the wild, so it would be wise not to delay…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Symbols are pieces of information used during debugging, and are contained within Symbol files, which are created by the compiler during application build. Some of these symbols are called ‘public symbols’. They contain basic information, such as function names and global variables, and are used in all forms of debugging. Symbol files that contain only…

Cloud Security

Issued by: CIO Security

The ransomware scourge continues, with incidents hitting a U.S. record in the second quarter of 2021, as attackers expand into vertical industries and target critical infrastructure. Ransom demands have also been growing. According to IT Governance, the average decryption key rate from attackers is $140,000 yet many organizations end up paying much more than that….

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

In a traditional patch Tuesday update, Microsoft fixed a total of 128 vulnerabilities in various products and components. Of those, at least 10 are critical, at least two were known before the release of the patches and at least one of them was already actively exploited by unknown attackers. This is why it is a…