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Ducktail targets marketing and HR professionals through LinkedIn to hijack Facebook accounts and run malvertising schemes.

Cybersecurity researchers have reiterated similarities between the latest iteration of the LockBit ransomware and BlackMatter, a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware strain that closed shop in November 2021. The new version of LockBit, called LockBit 3.0 aka LockBit Black, was released in June 2022, launching a brand new leak site and what's the very first ransomware bug bounty program,

Microsoft is taking RDP attacks to task in Windows 11, with default lockdowns for too many incorrect passwords entered. The post Microsoft clamps down on RDP brute-force attacks in Windows 11 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

‘Vast majority’ of users have updated systems thanks to vendor warnings

IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0, 21.0.1, and 21.0.2 could allow a user with access to the local host (client machine) to obtain a login access token. IBM X-Force ID: 223019.

PCProtect Endpoint version 5.17.470 fails to provide sufficient anti-tampering protection that can be leveraged to achieve SYSTEM privileges.

Commodity malware usage surpasses ransomware by narrow margin  By Caitlin Huey. For the first time in more than a year, ransomware was not the top threat Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) responded to this quarter, as commodity malware surpassed ransomware by a narrow margin. This is likely due to several factors, including the closure of several ransomware groups, whether it be of their own volition or the actions of global law enforcement agencies and governments.  Commodity malware was the top observed threat this quarter, a notable development given the general decrease in observations of attacks leveraging commodity trojans in CTIR engagements since 2020. These developments coincide with a general resurgence of certain email-based trojans in recent months, as law enforcement and technology companies have continued to attempt to disrupt and affect email-based malware threats like Emotet and Trickbot. This quarter featured malware such as the Remcos remote access trojan ...

Machine learning should be considered an extension of — not a replacement for — existing security methods, systems, and teams.

An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is stack buffer overflow in json_parse_array() in mjs.c.

By using warp-cli subcommands (disable-ethernet, disable-wifi), it was possible for a user without admin privileges to bypass configured Zero Trust security policies (e.g. Secure Web Gateway policies) and features such as 'Lock WARP switch'.