Hackers Use New Trick to Disable Macro Security Warnings in Malicious Office Files

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While it’s a norm for phishing campaigns that distribute weaponized Microsoft Office documents to prompt victims to enable macros in order to trigger the infection chain directly, new findings indicate attackers are using non-malicious documents to disable security warnings prior …

Experts Uncover Malware Attacks Targeting Corporate Networks in Latin America

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Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday took the wraps off a new, ongoing espionage campaign targeting corporate networks in Spanish-speaking countries, specifically Venezuela, to spy on its victims. Dubbed “Bandidos” by ESET owing to the use of an upgraded variant of Bandook …

Critical Flaws Reported in Sage X3 Enterprise Management Software

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Four security vulnerabilities have been uncovered in the Sage X3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product, two of which could be chained together as part of an attack sequence to enable adversaries to execute malicious commands and take control of vulnerable systems. These …

Security Awareness Training is Broken. Human Risk Management (HRM) is the Fix

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Humans are an organization’s strongest defence against evolving cyber threats, but security awareness training alone often isn’t enough to transform user behaviour. In this guide, usecure looks at why Human Risk Management (HRM) is the new fix for building a …

How to Mitigate Microsoft Print Spooler Vulnerability – PrintNightmare

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This week, PrintNightmare – Microsoft’s Print Spooler vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) was upgraded from a ‘Low’ criticality to a ‘Critical’ criticality. This is due to a Proof of Concept published on GitHub, which attackers could potentially leverage for gaining access to Domain …

SideCopy Hackers Target Indian Government Officials With New Malware

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A cyber-espionage group has been observed increasingly targeting Indian government personnel as part of a broad campaign to infect victims with as many as four new custom remote access trojans (RATs), signaling a “boost in their development operations.” Attributed to …

Microsoft’s Emergency Patch Fails to Fully Fix PrintNightmare RCE Vulnerability

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Even as Microsoft expanded patches for the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, it has come to light that the fix for the remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service …

WildPressure APT Emerges With New Malware Targeting Windows and macOS

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A malicious campaign that has set its sights on industrial-related entities in the Middle East since 2019 has resurfaced with an upgraded malware toolset to strike both Windows and macOS operating systems, symbolizing an expansion in both its targets and …

Dozens of Vulnerable NuGet Packages Allow Attackers to Target .NET Platform

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An analysis of off-the-shelf packages hosted on the NuGet repository has revealed 51 unique software components to be vulnerable to actively exploited, high-severity vulnerabilities, once again underscoring the threat posed by third-party dependencies to the software development process. In light …

[Whitepaper] XDR vs. NDR/NTA – What do Organizations Truly Need to Stay Safe?

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Security teams whose organizations are outside the Fortune 500 are faced with a dilemma. Most teams will have to choose between deploying either a network traffic analysis (NTA) or network detection and response (NDR) tool or an endpoint detection and …