The latest Patch Tuesday from Microsoft included security updates released to patch a total of 63 vulnerabilities. This includes 5 vulnerabilities that have been given a ‘critical’ severity rating, due to the possibility of an exploit of these flaws resulting in remote code execution (RCE) on the target device. Two of these are zero-day flaws, […]
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A number of vulnerabilities have been exploited in Microsoft Teams by attackers through the use of GIFs. The attack technique has been named ‘GIFShell’, and allows the attackers to send malicious files, execute commands, and exfiltrate data from their victims. Affected versions of Microsoft Teams include version 1.5.00.11163 and earlier, where the exploited insecure design
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Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) have recently discovered a new malware capability that NOBELIUM are using called MagicWeb. Highly active threat actor NOBELIUM are known for targeting organisations across Europe, Central Asia, and the USA. First detected in 2020, they use unique malware that is usually tailored to their current target. The MagicWeb malware is
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Microsoft’s August patch Tuesday security update included fixes for 138 vulnerabilities, 17 of which were classified as ‘Critical’ flaws. The security patches issued cover 40 different Microsoft and Windows products and features, including critical Windows system operations, and popular applications such as Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, and the Microsoft Exchange Server. Two zero-day vulnerabilities were
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Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users have been targeted in phishing attacks that have resulted in the attackers stealing credentials. The attackers exploited known flaws in Snapchat and American Express websites to trigger open redirects to specially crafted web pages, where the credential harvesting could then take place. Email security company Inky detected these attacks
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Microsoft have warned customers of a form of attack capable of targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. The attacks taking place in the first 5 months of this year saw threat actors using Internet Information Services (IIS) extension modules to: access their victim’s email mailboxes, execute commands remotely, harvest credentials from within the system memory, steal
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The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team have released a security warning to macOS users about a vulnerability they have discovered in Apple’s App Sandbox. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-26706 was first uncovered in October 2021, however a new Proof of Concept (PoC) has been released by Microsoft in two formats, one of which is describe
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A large-scale phishing attack campaign has emerged using adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) to steal credentials and circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA) needs. Microsoft have released a security blog post regarding the use of these phishing attacks and the impersonation of Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) login pages. This campaign has reportedly targeted over 10,000 organisations in the
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An actively exploited Windows Client Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS) vulnerability was one of 84 patched in this week’s Microsoft patch Tuesday. First discovered by the Microsoft Threat intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), CVE-2022-22047 is tracked as a ‘High’ severity vulnerability, with a CVSS rating of 7.8/10. It affects devices running Windows
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Microsoft is undoing a decision it made earlier this year to disable macros by default in Microsoft Office applications. In February an update was announced that Microsoft was introducing a new way in which VBA macros would be handled. This change is now being rolled back by Microsoft until further notice. This affects the Microsoft
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