The Week in Ransomware – January 13th 2023
The LockBit ransomware operation has again taken center stage in the ransomware news, as we learned yesterday they were behind the attack on Royal Mail.…
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PoC exploits released for critical bugs in popular WordPress plugins
Three popular WordPress plugins with tens of thousands of active installations are vulnerable to high-severity or critical SQL injection vulnerabilities, with proof-of-concept exploits now publicly…
NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts
Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, is sending data breach notifications to customers, informing them that hackers have successfully breached Norton Password Manager accounts…
Buggy Microsoft Defender ASR rule deletes Windows app shortcuts
Microsoft has addressed a false positive triggered by a buggy Microsoft Defender ASR rule that would delete application shortcuts from the desktop, the Start menu,…
Govt networks targeted with now-patched SSL-VPN zero-day
Fortinet says unknown attackers exploited a FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day vulnerability patched last month in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. The security flaw (CVE-2022-42475)…
MetaMask warns of new ‘Address Poisoning’ cryptocurrency scam
Cryptocurrency wallet provider MetaMask is warning users of a new scam called ‘Address Poisoning’ used to trick users into sending funds to a scammer rather…
Cuba ransomware hacking Exchange servers via OWASSRF flaw
Microsoft says Cuba ransomware threat actors are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers unpatched against a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability also exploited in Play ransomware…
Exchange Server 2013 reaches end of support in 90 days
Microsoft warned customers today that Exchange Server 2013 will reach its extended end-of-support (EOS) date 90 days from now, on April 11, 2023. Exchange Server…
Royal Mail cyberattack linked to LockBit ransomware operation
A cyberattack on Royal Mail, UK’s largest mail delivery service, has been linked to the LockBit ransomware operation. Yesterday, the Royal Mail disclosed that they suffered…
Hackers exploit Control Web Panel flaw to open reverse shells
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability patched recently in Control Web Panel (CWP), a tool for managing servers formerly known as CentOS Web Panel.…
RAT malware campaign tries to evade detection using polyglot files
Operators of the StrRAT and Ratty remote access trojans (RAT) are running a new campaign using polyglot MSI/JAR and CAB/JAR files to evade detection from…
Microsoft tests live kernel memory dumps in Windows 11 Task Manager
Microsoft is testing a new diagnostic tool in Windows 11 that lets you create live kernel memory dumps without disrupting the operation of Windows. A…