A new vulnerability has been discovered that can allow a malicious document to run arbitrary code on a Windows computer. Although the obvious attack vector is MS Office documents, Microsoft is describing this as a Windows Operating System vulnerability according to CVE-2022-30190. A Word Document was found to be able to abuse the Microsoft Windows […]
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Microsoft has issued several updates to help Systems Admins protect their networks against Kerberos Relay attacks. Microsoft have said no security patch will be provided to mitigate this attack vector, so config changes must be made to default Windows Domain Controller on premise installations. Microsoft explains the vulnerability in a recent blog post: Detecting and
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Google has issued a new version of the Chrome browser to resolve a number of serious security issues. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered and fixed in the latest release of Google Chrome, including one rated as Critical which could allow arbitrary code execution on the victim’s system. CVE-2022-1853 is a use after free vulnerability in
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The mistakes we make and how to fix them – a new report co-authored by the NCSC reveals the 10 most common security weaknesses exploited by hackers. A joint security alert from the National Cyber Security Centre UK (NCSC-UK) was released earlier this month, co-authored by cybersecurity bodies from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, and
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In 2022 phishing will be bigger than it ever has been, with sophisticated new methods meaning that an increasing number of people are falling for attackers’ tricks, regardless of their tech literacy. Since May 2021, Google Threat Analysis Group has blocked 1.6 million phishing emails and according to the FBI, phishing is currently the most
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Apple have released eight security updates this week for a range of devices. Four of these updates include fixes for a zero-day vulnerability in AppleAVD. This vulnerability is said to have been actively exploited before this update was released, and affected Apple Watch, Apple TV, Macs, iPhones and iPads. Identified as CVE-2022-22675 by an anonymous
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The popularity of phishing emails using HTML attachments started spiking in 2019, but have continued to be a significant issue in 2022. In just the first 4 months of this year, cybersecurity provider Kaspersky detected almost 2 million malicious emails using HTML attachments, making it one of the most popular forms of attachment used in
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Critical remote code execution and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities were among the 75 total vulnerabilities that have been fixed in Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday this week. These essential patches include fixes for currently exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is a novel NTLM relay attack, identified as CVE-2022-26925, which affects all versions of Windows. This
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a new email security checker to help organisations protect their email privacy and prevent spoofing. This comes after the publishing of the top 15 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2021, in which 8 of the top 15 involved Microsoft Exchange servers. Figures from the NCSC show that some
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The 15 most targeted security vulnerabilities of 2021 have just been published in a joint advisory from the NCSC. These are the main ways hackers are attacking businesses around the world. Cybersecurity authorities across multiple nations co-authored this publication to provide insight into the exploited vulnerabilities and offer mitigation strategies to deal with the identified
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