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As many as 30 malicious Android apps with cumulative downloads of nearly 10 million have been found on the Google Play Store distributing adware. "All of them were built into various programs, including image-editing software, virtual keyboards, system tools and utilities, calling apps, wallpaper collection apps, and others," Dr.Web said in a Tuesday write-up. While masquerading as innocuous

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the MA Smart Installer for Windows prior to 5.7.7, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and obtain higher privileges via careful placement of a malicious DLL into the folder from where the Smart installer is being executed.

The Read Mail module in Webmin 1.995 and Usermin through 1.850 allows XSS via a crafted HTML e-mail message.

Advanced School Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component ip/school/moudel/update_subject.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Edit Subject text field.

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.

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 ...

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'.

By Deeba Ahmed According to researcher “ProxyLife” on Twitter, QBot malware, aka QakBot, has been exploiting the Windows 7 Calculator app… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: QBot Malware Exploiting Windows Calculator to Compromise Devices