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Emotet’s developers appear to be attempting a rebuild of the botnet, likely looking to recommence their malicious operation. [Read More]
Redmond says the evasive malware delivery method is being leveraged in attacks to deliver remote access Trojans (RATs), banking malware, and other malicious payloads. [Read More]
Chipmakers Intel and AMD release patches for multiple vulnerabilities in multiple products, including a series of high severity issues in software drivers. [Read More]
AT&T Alien Labs researchers flag new Golang-based malware threat that could potentially infect millions of routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. [Read More]
Zoom ships multiple security bulletins calling special attention to a pair of “high-risk” bugs affecting its on-prem meeting connector software and the popular Keybase Client. [Read More]
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday announced support for the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. [Read More]
Palo Alto Networks is calling urgent attention to a critical-severity vulnerability in its GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. [Read More]
An authenticated attacker could exploit the flaw to trigger the restart of the WordPress installation process and create an administrator account. [Read More]
Researchers warn that the malware has extensive spyware capabilities, including data theft, GPS monitoring, and audio and video recording. [Read More]
Microsoft said the two under-attack vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Excel, two widely deployed products in the Windows ecosystem. [Read More]
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The vulnerability in Windows Shell’s parsing of .LNK (shortcut) files presents some interesting and novel features in terms of its media lifecycle as well as its evolution from zero-day to patched vulnerability. For most of us, the vulnerability first came to light in the context of Win32/Stuxnet, malware that in itself presents some notable quirks.
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