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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

Unlike the four zero-days involved in the mass compromise of Exchange Server systems earlier this year, CVE-2021-42321 requires the attacker to be already authenticated to the target’s system. ’ This vulnerability affects Windows 7 – 11 and Windows Server 2008 – 2019 and should be a high priority for patching.”

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

A key concern for enterprises is another critical bug in the DNS server on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker’s choice. A reliable backup means you’re less likely to pull your hair out when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system.

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College closes down after ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

. “Lincoln College has survived many difficult and challenging times – the economic crisis of 1887, a major campus fire in 1912, the Spanish flu of 1918, the Great Depression, World War II, the 2008 global financial crisis, and more, but this is different. Require the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” Here’s snippet of Icamis’s ad on Spamdot from Aug. ” We are glad to present you our services! Many are already aware (and are our clients), but publicity is never superfluous. .

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CloudWizard APT: the bad magic story goes on

SecureList

From the WmiPrvSE.exe process, it makes a backup of the VFS file, copying mods.lrc to mods.lrs. The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens required for cloud storage authentication. Operation Groundbait was first described by ESET in 2016, with the first implants observed in 2008.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Perhaps most troubling of these ( CVE-2020-1301 ) is a remote code execution bug in SMB capabilities built into Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems — both operating systems that Microsoft stopped supporting with security updates in January 2020. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.