Underminer exploit kit improves in its latest iteration

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:34:24 +0000

We take a look at some recent changes with the elusive Underminer exploit kit.

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Buggy implementation of CVE-2018-8373 vulnerability used to deliver Quasar RAT

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:13:26 +0000

A threat actor implements a newer vulnerability exploited in Internet Explorer to serve up the Quasar RAT and diversify the portfolio of attacks.

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Internet Explorer zero-day: browser is once again under attack

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 19:58:00 +0000

Internet Explorer is yet again leveraged for a zero-day exploit delivered via Office document—the first zero-day observed for IE in over two years.

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CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8174 on May 8, 2018, to address this issue. According to Microsoft, it impacts most of the Windows Operating Systems. Vulnerable versions Windows 7 x86 and x64 versions Windows…

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CVE-2018-8174 : Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8174 on May 8, 2018, to address this issue. According to Microsoft, it impacts most of the Windows Operating Systems. Vulnerable versions Windows 7 x86 and x64 versions Windows…

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2018 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 20:38:16 +0000

Microsoft today released a bundle of security updates to fix at least 67 holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software, including one dangerous flaw that Microsoft warns is actively being exploited. Meanwhile, as it usually does on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday — the second Tuesday of each month — Adobe has a new Flash Player update that addresses a single but critical security weakness. First, the Flash Tuesday update, which brings Flash Player to v. 29.0.0.171. Some (present company included) would argue that Flash Player is in itself “a single but critical security weakness.” Nevertheless, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer/Edge ship with their own versions of Flash, which get updated automatically when new versions of these browsers are made available.

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