LibreOffice Releases Software Update to Patch 3 New Vulnerabilities
The team behind LibreOffice has released security updates to fix three security flaws in the productivity software, one of which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected [...]
Malicious IIS Extensions Gaining Popularity Among Cyber Criminals for Persistent Access
Risk actors are significantly abusing Internet Details Services (IIS) extensions to backdoor servers as a means of establishing a “long lasting persistence mechanism.” Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team released a [...]
Experts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers have reiterated similarities involving the hottest iteration of the LockBit ransomware and BlackMatter, a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware strain that closed store in November 2021. The [...]
Windows 11 now blocks RDP brute-force attacks by default
Recent Windows 11 builds come with the Account Lockout Policy policy enabled by default which will automatically lock user accounts (including Administrator accounts) after 10 failed sign-in attempts for 10 [...]
Candiru Spyware Caught Exploiting Google Chrome Zero-Day to Target Journalists
An Israeli spyware outfit turned the actively exploited, but now patched, Google Chrome zero-day issue into a weapon that it deployed to assault Middle Eastern journalists. Candiru Spyware The exploitation [...]