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Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Attackers haven’t wasted any time capitalizing on the rapid move to hybrid work. Every day cyber criminals and nation states alike have improved their targeting, speed and accuracy as the world adapted to working outside the office.

The post New security features for Windows 11 will help protect hybrid work appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Kaspersky Security

April 5, 2022 admin

The most effective antiviruses of 2021 | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:28:29 +0000

Kaspersky solutions performed best in most independent tests in 2021.

MalwareBytes Security

April 5, 2022 admin

CISA advises D-Link users to take vulnerable routers offline

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:23:12 +0000

CISA has advised users to take certain vulnerable D-Link routers offline since the existing vulnerabilities are know to be actively exploited and the models have reached EOL and will not get patched.

The post CISA advises D-Link users to take vulnerable routers offline appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Security TrendMicro

April 5, 2022 admin

Thwarting Loaders: From SocGholish to BLISTER’s LockBit Payload

Credit to Author: Earle Maui Earnshaw| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Both BLISTER and SocGholish are loaders known for their evasion tactics. Our report details what these loaders are capable of and our investigation into a campaign that uses both to deliver the LockBit ransomware.

ComputerWorld Independent

April 5, 2022 admin

Android 12 Upgrade Report Card: What a weird year

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0700

In the world of software, six months is an eternity.

Heck, look at how much has happened over the past six months since Android 12 came into the universe. Google started and then finished a hefty 0.1-style update that lays the groundwork for significant large-screen improvements to the Android experience. And it’s now well into the public development phase of its next big Android version, Android 13 — which is the rapidly forming release on most folks’ minds at this point.

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MalwareBytes Security

April 5, 2022 admin

GitLab issues security updates; watch out for hard coded passwords

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:56:14 +0000

We take a look at several security updates released by GitLab, the most important of which addressed hard coded passwords.

The post GitLab issues security updates; watch out for hard coded passwords appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Security TrendMicro

April 4, 2022 admin

MacOS SUHelper Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into CVE-2022-22639

Credit to Author: Mickey Jin| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We discovered a now-patched vulnerability in macOS SUHelper, designated as CVE-2022-22639. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow malicious actors to gain root privilege escalation.

Microsoft Security

April 4, 2022 admin

SpringShell RCE vulnerability: Guidance for protecting against and detecting CVE-2022-22965

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 01:11:24 +0000

Microsoft provides guidance for customers looking for protections against exploitation and ways to detect vulnerable installations on their network of the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22965, also known as SpringShell or Spring4Shell.

The post SpringShell RCE vulnerability: Guidance for protecting against and detecting CVE-2022-22965 appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.