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Cyber-criminals have been exploiting the Windows PrintNightmare vulnerability to attack networks around the world.  PrintNightmare is the name given to a collection of vulnerabilities in the Windows Print Spooler. According to reports from Talos and CrowdStrike, several threat actors have now incorporated the PrintNightmare vulnerabilities into attacks on their victims networks. The PrintNightmare vulnerabilities were […]

A flaw in all versions of Windows 10 and Server 2019 released since November 2018 leaves the Security Account Manager file which contains all the hashed credentials for the PC, open for any user to read. Microsoft has issued a security advisory to track their investigations, but no permanent solution has been released – although

Microsoft has moved swiftly to publish mitigation advice for a new NTLM relay attack against Windows Domain controllers, dubbed PetitPotam. An NTLM relay attack can occur when an attacker inserts themselves between a valid client-server authentication request in a Windows Domain or tricks one system into trying to authenticate itself and so providing a copy

July is another bumper month for Microsoft as they ship fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, 13 of them rated as critical and at least 4 are currently under active attack by cyber criminals. The actively exploited vulnerabilities patched this month are: CVE-2021-34527 – Windows Print Spooler RCE Vulnerability –  aka PrintNightmare It’s third time lucky