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Nokoyawa ransomware attacks with Windows zero-day

SecureList

In February 2023, Kaspersky technologies detected a number of attempts to execute similar elevation-of-privilege exploits on Microsoft Windows servers belonging to small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East, in North America, and previously in Asia regions. It’s written in C and has encrypted strings.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Security Affairs

macro technology. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. An important point to note in “Root Entry” is the version of the document “ Microsoft Excel 97-2003 “. Next image presents when the file is opened.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

At the same time, WAF technology is increasingly a part of more comprehensive security solutions like next-generation firewalls (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), and more. From the 1998 MIT Entrepreneurship Competition to today, Akamai Technologies is now a top provider of WAF solutions. Microsoft Azure. Signal Sciences.

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IETF RFC 4041 – Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts

Security Boulevard

This memo provides information for the Internet community. not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). values within the Internet and attempts to retrofit a suitable moral. Internet-Drafts to include a "Morality Considerations" section, and. the Internet.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Today the nonprofit Volatility Foundation is a top digital forensics vendor because of its innovative memory forensics technology. Be it advanced locks, encryption barriers, or deleted and unknown content, the UFED (Universal Forensic Extraction Device) can extract physical and logical data.

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WannaCry Ransomware – a Call for Enhanced Cyber Hygiene

Spinone

In Great Britain, multiple medical organizations were infected presumably because they used Windows XP and Server 2003 that are no longer officially supported by Microsoft. Antivirus and internet security companies work hard on it, but you never know when the decryption software will become available.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. A 2020 study of pentesting projects from Positive Technologies revealed that external attackers could breach 93% of company networks , with 71% being vulnerable even to novice-level hackers. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000.

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