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Kinsing Malware Hides Itself as a Manual Page and Targets Cloud Servers

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One of the most common cryptomining threats for cloud environments is the Kinsing malware. Kinsing is a notorious malware family active for several years, primarily targeting Linux-based cloud infrastructure. The Kinsing malware uses different locations to stay undetected and hides itself as a system file.

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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

Weak authentication and authorization: One of the foremost vulnerabilities in IoT deployments stems from inadequate authentication and authorization practices. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks. of the total number of attempted IoT malware attacks.

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Microsoft’s March 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 71 CVEs (CVE-2022-23277, CVE-2022-24508)

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Microsoft addresses 71 CVEs in its March 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including three vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed as zero-days. Microsoft patched 71 CVEs in the March 2022 Patch Tuesday release, with three rated as critical and 68 rated as important. 3 Critical. 68 Important. 0 Moderate. SMBv3) Client and Server.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” IBM Security pegged that same number higher, to 95%. Ransomware, Security

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July Patch Tuesday 2022

Ivanti

for Independence Day and a Zero Day release from Google to resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-2294), which also means an update for any Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge. Microsoft resolved a total of 88 CVE including a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2022-22047 ), 4 Critical CVEs and 4 re-releasedupdated CVEs.

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CVE-2024-21762: Critical Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write SSL VPN Vulnerability

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On February 7, researchers at Fortinet published a blog post highlighting the exploitation of CVE-2022-42475 and CVE-2023-27997 by Chinese threat groups including Volt Typhoon , APT15 (also known as Ke3chang) and APT31 (also known as ZIRCONIUM) as well as UNC757 ( also known as Fox Kitten), which has a “suspected nexus to the Iranian government.”

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AA23-215A: 2022's Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

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AA23-215A: 2022's Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities A joint Cybersecurity Advisory collaborated on by multiple international agencies highlights the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2022 Background On August 3, a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) AA23-215A coauthored by multiple U.S.