Tenable

MAY 14, 2024

Important CVE-2024-30051 | Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2024-30051 is an EoP vulnerability in the DWM Core Library in Microsoft Windows. Discovery of this flaw is credited to several researchers at Google Threat Analysis Group, Google Mandiant and Kaspersky. and is rated as important.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new hacking tool making the rounds in underground forums has been deemed the latest “go-to” universal offering for attackers targeting Microsoft Windows PCs. ” In a blog […].

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. Well, researchers from OpenAI and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) tackled this question and just published a study outlining specific assessment criteria. It’s been a meteoric rise for SocGholish, which first cracked the CIS list in the third quarter, with a 31% share of malware incidents.

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Datavail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Maggie is a malicious backdoor malware designed for SQL Server, recently discovered by DCSO CyTec. What is the SQL Server Malware Maggie? Maggie is malware that is an Extended Stored Procedure DLL, which is a special extension used by Microsoft SQL Servers that allow it to do work inside and outside of SQL. Contact an Expert ».

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CIO

MARCH 3, 2024

This blog , written by an experienced penetration tester, provides great detail of how “during an internal infrastructure penetration test … what initially looked like a not-so-important low severity finding turned out to be the key to fully compromising the Windows domain the printers were attached to.” Doing penetration testing.

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AlienVault

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In part 1 of this blog series, we analyzed malware behaviour, and, in part 2 , we learned how to detect persistence tricks used in malware attacks. These queries are maintained and updated by the AlienVault Labs team who research new threats and malicious activities, and build and update queries based on that research.

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Tenable

APRIL 20, 2021

In addition to the advisory, Pulse Secure also published a blog post detailing observed exploit behavior related to the zero-day as well others linked to previously disclosed vulnerabilities in its Pulse Connect Secure solution. This blog post was published on April 8 and reflects VPR at that time. Description. Description. Privileges.

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Tenable

JULY 11, 2023

Important CVE-2023-36884 | Office and Windows HTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2023-36884 is a RCE vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and Office that was assigned a CVSSv3 score of 8.3 For more information, please refer to Microsoft’s blog post. and has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.

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Lacework

MARCH 29, 2022

They never miss an opportunity to cash in, whether they take advantage of common cloud configuration mistakes, target software supply chains, or adapt malware to evade detection. Across our dataset, 31% of malware infections that we tracked during this period stemmed from Log4j exploitation as the initial infection vector.

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Tenable

MARCH 12, 2020

Malware and phishing campaigns use global interest in the novel coronavirus to capitalize on fear and uncertainty around the pandemic. Coronavirus-themed malware campaigns. IBM’s X-Force team compiled some indicators of compromise on January 29 and published a summary blog post on February 5. Image source: Proofpoint blog.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As security researchers, we’re constantly analyzing and anticipating cyber threats. In this blog, we’ll explore the motivations of bad actors, the top threats the Lacework Labs team is seeing, and practical ways to lock down your cloud and protect your data. Malware (e.g.,

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Tenable

MAY 17, 2019

Tenable Researcher David Wells discovered a vulnerability in Slack Desktop for Windows that could have allowed an attacker to alter where files downloaded within Slack are stored. Tenable Research discovered a download hijack vulnerability in Slack Desktop version 3.3.7 for Windows. Background. Vendor response.

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Tenable

APRIL 19, 2024

Aimed at a broad audience, including policymakers, researchers and executives, the report seeks to help readers get “a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI.” The report, divided into nine chapters, covers topics including research and development; technical performance; responsible AI; and policy and governance.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Jailbreaking increases the risk of downloading malware. Now you can protect a broad set of endpoints, mobile devices and cloud workloads in your organization, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Chrome and now iOS, with the Cortex XDR agent. Financial Malware and Cryptomining Protection. It can also create stability issues.

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Tenable

MARCH 24, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll offer background into Conti – one of the more prolific ransomware groups in operation today – dig into the leaked information, and offer concrete advice on how to protect your organization against Conti’s attacks. These include phishing, malware and brute force attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol.

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Tenable

MAY 5, 2023

For more information about cybersecurity and generative AI, check out these Tenable resources: “ Six Things to Know About ChatGPT and Cybersecurity ” “ How Tenable harnesses AI to streamline research activities ” “ As ChatGPT Concerns Mount, U.S.

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Tenable

JANUARY 21, 2021

Over the last few months, Tenable has published multiple blog posts analyzing recent FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) alerts regarding nation-state groups 3 and APT actors 4 chaining together vulnerabilities against a number of government agencies and U.S. This isn’t a new trend. and abroad. .

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Microsoft Windows DNS. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Windows Authenticode. Windows Bind Filter Driver. Windows BitLocker. Windows Common Log File System Driver. Windows Event Tracing. Windows Installer. Windows Kernel.

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Tenable

AUGUST 19, 2022

Vulnerabilities associated with 2021’s top malware. Right after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) outlined the top malware of 2021, Tenable’s Security Response Team identified vulnerabilities associated with these malicious strains. CVE-2016-0189. CVE-2016-4171.

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CTOvision

APRIL 7, 2014

in Advanced Research Contracts For its Labs Division. In the first quarter of 2014, the company’s advanced research division—Invincea Labs—secured $8.1M Follow Invincea: Invincea Blogs: [link] /. Invincea is the premier innovator in advanced malware threat detection, breach prevention and forensic threat intelligence.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog. May 3, 2023 Hackers are using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook Meta said in a report on May 3 that malware posing as ChatGPT was on the rise across its platforms.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Communications : The malware scans the contents of the SD card.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. All of them feature a 200,000 token context window. It’s similar to projects like SETI@Home , but more general; it isn’t associated with a specific research project. GitHub is being attacked by cybercriminals who are creating millions of repositories containing malware.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 20, 2023

A narrow window exists to address minor security incidents before they become major breaches. It must also integrate with different workload types, as well as operating systems like Linux or Windows and architectures like x64 or ARM. Their expertise and diligence are indispensable alongside DevOps and security teams.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This blog post was published on September 7 and reflects VPR at that time. On September 2, Censys, a search engine for discovering internet devices, published a blog post analyzing the number of hosts vulnerable to CVE-2021-26084. Image Source: Censys Blog. CVE-2021-26084. Confluence Server Webwork OGNL Injection. x and 7.12.x.

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ProtectWise

MAY 15, 2017

The purpose of this blog post is to regroup on many conflicting statements on the ransomware and to summarize coverage from our perspective at ProtectWise. WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. Who Created The Malware?

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Palo Alto Networks

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Unprecedented analytics : 7 trillion threat artifacts and 14 billion malware samples crowdsourced from 35,000+ organizations inform our industry-leading researchers and machine learning models. Analysts can click on a link in the Cortex XDR “Causality” window to examine process, timeline and network information gathered by WildFire.

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Kaseya

APRIL 22, 2020

This ‘wormable’ Windows vulnerability, CVE-2020-0796 , impacts the Server Message Block or SMBv3 network communications protocol. lower priority) vulnerability is a privilege elevation risk that takes advantage of how the OneDrive desktop app for Windows handles symbolic links. According to Microsoft, this “important” (i.e.

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Tenable

JANUARY 27, 2023

Then scan the latest list of top malware. These policies outline how third-party researchers can report vulnerabilities they discover on IoT products to the vendors, as well as how the vendor will handle the disclosure process. Learn all about how most IoT product makers lack vulnerability disclosure policies. And much more!

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Within the initial blog in this series , we discussed ransomware attacks and their remediation on Android mobile devices. Often these third-party apps have not been rigorously tested for vulnerabilities and can contain malware and malicious exploits that can then take complete control of your device without you knowing.

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Tenable

MAY 17, 2021

It serves as the central management interface for Windows domain networks, and is used for authentication and authorization of all users and machines. Read the blog: Disrupting the Pervasive Attacks Against Active Directory and Identities ?. See more from Tenable Research here ?.

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 13, 2020

Although the malware was a never-before-seen mutation of the Qbot virus, our Behavioral Threat Protection (BTP) engine caught it. Cortex XDR’s BTP engine learns all these mutations based on customer occurrences and Unit 42 research, continuously improving our global model and sharing this threat intel across all our customers in real time.

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Prisma Clud

AUGUST 31, 2023

Industry analyst firms, like GigaOm, have done rigorous research on the CSPM market including how customer needs have changed over time, the value of current tools, and where the market is going next. The post GigaOm Names Prisma Cloud a CSPM Leader, Second Consecutive Year appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

That’s the main takeaway from the “ 2023 Security Budget Benchmark Report ” released this week by IANS Research and Artico Search, which surveyed 550 CISOs and security executives. The report is now in its fourth year. in 2022 and 8.6% That goes to staff and compensation, with a 38% share of the budget.

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Palo Alto Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Round 5 (Turla) This year marks the fifth annual evaluation, and the MITRE Engenuity red team focused on emulating the methods of Turla , a threat group our Unit 42 threat researchers have studied extensively. They have targeted government agencies, military groups, diplomatic missions, as well as research and media organizations.

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Tenable

AUGUST 25, 2021

This blog post was published on August 25 and reflects VPR at that time. By January 10, 2020, and after extensive attention and analysis from researchers, exploit scripts were circulating publicly. CVE-2019-19781 was the top mentioned CVE on Russian and English-speaking dark web forums, according to Cognyte research.

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