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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication. CVE-2015-1635 : An RCE vulnerability in specific versions of Windows (e.g.,

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Advanced threat predictions for 2023

SecureList

In both cases, we described new UEFI firmware bootkits that managed to propagate malicious components from the deepest layers of the machine up to Windows’ user-land. CobaltStrike, released in 2012, is a threat emulation tool designed to help red teams understand the methods an attacker can use to penetrate a network.

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