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Weekly Update 186

Troy Hunt

Somehow this week's update ended up being 55 minutes, largely because of playing with a bunch of the new network gear and unboxing a pretty snazzy looking rack from 4Cabling. I get through with that then sit by the pool for the rest of this week's update. And yes, I shaved!)

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Install Latest Windows Update ASAP! Patches Issued for 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

The Hacker News

Microsoft's latest round of monthly security updates has been released with fixes for 68 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, including patches for six actively exploited zero-days. 12 of the issues are rated Critical, two are rated High, and 55 are rated Important in severity. Also separately

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part I: Evasion

Krebs on Security

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. 22, 2020, the U.S. “Sorry, but this is f *d up. 428 hospitals.”

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Patch now! Microsoft plugs actively exploited zero-days and other updates

Malwarebytes

On what might seem a relatively calm Patch Tuesday with 55 vulnerabilities being patched, the fact that six of them were rated “Critical” and two of them actively exploited spoils the Zen factor somewhat. Let’s have a look at the most interesting ones that were patched in this Patch Tuesday update. and later contain this update.

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TrickBot helps Emotet come back from the dead

Malwarebytes

Not only had the infrastructure been dismantled, but previously infected computers had received a special update that would effectively remove the malware at a specific date. Out of the woods again. On November 15, security researchers who’ve tracked Emotet announced that the threat was back. A return of malspam waves and ransomware?

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Hacking News Roundup: Even 'Fast Company' Isn't Safe

SecureWorld News

This article does a good job of updating the variant that targets devices made my Taiwanese company QNAP. When Cisco refused to pay the ransom, the bad actors posted the stolen data, claiming there were thousands of files totaling 55 GB from a cache. Here's a few from this week that are worth taking note of.

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3 Essential Measures to Mitigate the Risk from Follina — A New Windows Zero-Day Actively Exploited in the Wild

CyberSecurity Insiders

Keep all endpoints patched and updated using automated processes. Given that one survey found that about one in four servers, laptops, and desktops are not centrally managed, it’s no surprise that 55% of IT leaders rank lack of automation as their #1 security challenge. Mike Walters, President and Co-founder of Action1.

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