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Update now! Two zero-days fixed in 2022’s last patch Tuesday

December 14, 2022 admin Android, apple, Cisco, Citrix, cve-2022-41076, cve-2022-44670, cve-2022-44676, cve-2022-44698, cve-2022-44710, Exploits and vulnerabilities, fortinet, google, microsoft, motw, Mozilla, news, Patch Tuesday, race condition, remote powershell, SAP

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

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The last patch Tuesday of 2022 is here—find out what Microsoft and many others have fixed

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Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web

October 26, 2022 admin bypass, malformed, malware, mark of the web, motw, news, ransomware, signature, smartscreen

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We take a look at reports that malware authors are using what appears to be a years-old bug to bypass Mark of the Web alerts.

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7-Zip gets Mark of the Web feature, increases protection for users

June 22, 2022 admin 7-zip, block, mark of the web, motw, privacy, protected view, zip

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:28:30 +0000

Popular zipfile program 7-Zip now supports Microsoft’s Mark of the Web feature. What is it, and how does it work?

The post 7-Zip gets Mark of the Web feature, increases protection for users appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign

April 27, 2022 admin email spam campaign, emotet, IcedID, malware, mark of the web, Mimikatz, motw, qakbot, Qbot, trickbot

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:15:34 +0000

Emotet is back with a new spam campaign. And it’s now spreading itself as a shortcut link file pretending to be Word document.

The post Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Microsoft takes macros out of the equation for five Office apps

February 8, 2022 admin ads, macros, microsoft, motw, reports, VBA

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:16:00 +0000

Microsoft says it is going to disable macros in five Office apps by default.

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