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A total of 88 vulnerabilities were fixed in Microsoft’s June Patch Tuesday. 22 of the flaws are rated critical, and four of the fixes addressed previously announced elevation of privileges zero-days. None of the flaws in this month’s share of…
A database containing 8.4 TB of email metadata was left exposed to the internet. The database belonged to a major Chinese research university. The good news is that it is now secured. While searching Shodan, security researcher Justin Paine, who…
Malboard is a new sophisticated attack developed by security researchers at Israeli Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The attack involves a compromised USB keyboard to generate and send malicious keystrokes that mimic user behavior. What makes this attack sophisticated…
What is wtfsupport@airmail.cc ransomware? We received several reports regarding a new ransomware virus currently infecting users worldwide. The ransomware is most likely spread in malicious spam campaigns. We named it wtfsupport@airmail.cc ransomware virus (or wtfsupport@airmail.cc files virus) after one of…
Emails delivering malware is not news but this campaign deserves attention because it uses a previously patched exploit and requires zero interaction. An active malware campaign which is using emails in European languages distributes RTF files that carry the CVE-2017-11882…
Security researcher SandboxEscaper has released the details of CVE-2019-0841, another zero-day affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. The details have been published on GitHUb and are now available in the same account with the previously disclosed eight zero-days. The…
CVE-2019-10149 is a critical security vulnerability in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software. The flaw is located in Exim versions 4.87 to 4.91 included, and is described as improper validation of recipient address in deliver_message() function in /src/deliver.c which…
GoldBrute is the name of a new botnet which is currently scanning the internet and attempting to locate poorly protected Windows machines with RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) connection enabled. The botnet was discovered by security researcher Renato Marinho of Morphus…
A new report by Bromium titled Behind the Dark Net Black Mirror offers a detailed analysis of the dark net markets. The report has been carried out by Dr. Michael McGuire who will present his findings in full during the…
Check Point security researchers revealed multiple critical vulnerabilities in a popular IPTV platform called Ministra. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass authentication and obtain users’ information. The impact of the vulnerabilities could be quite devastating. The research shows that…
The well-known RIG exploit kit is currently distributing the Buran ransomware, which is a version of Vega (VegaLocker) ransomware. A security researcher known as nao_sec was the first to notice a malvertising campaign redirecting users to the RIG EK which…
A new extensive research paper titled “Improving Vulnerability Remediation Through Better Exploit Prediction” reveals the number of discovered vulnerabilities in the past ten years (between 2019 and 2018), and also shares the percentage of actively exploited flaws. Surprisingly, only 4,183…
According to multiple user reports, Windows 10 users in Germany are currently experiencing malvertising campaigns when using their default browsers. The malicious ads are being displayed on the Microsoft Advertising network in ad-supported applications. What Is Microsoft Advertising? As explained…
Quest Diagnostics, the popular US clinical laboratory, has suffered an enormous data breach. As a result, the information of 11.9 million patients has been exposed. According to the official statement, the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections service…
What is .lanset ransomware also known as .lanset file virus? What to do if your files were encrypted by .lanset ransomware? If your files are encrypted and the .lanset extension is appended to them, then you are dealing with a…
What is .redmat ransomware a.k.a. .redmat files virus? What to do if your files were encrypted by .redmat ransomware? If your files are encrypted with the .redmat extension appended to them, then you are dealing with a serious ransomware infection.…
Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra just discovered a security vulnerability, CVE-2019-12477, in the SUPRA smart TV brand. Apparently, Supra Smart Cloud TV allows remote file inclusion in the openLiveURL function, which could enable a local attacker to broadcast fake video without…
A new report carried out by Guardicore Labs has outlined the details of a prevailing cryptojacking (cryptomining) operation targeting Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers on a global scale. Related: New Scranos Rookit Can Damage Your System in Multiple Ways Nansh0u…
A single database has exposed the records of tens of millions of users of dating apps. The database which was discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler is not password-protected. Most of the affected users are Americans, as revealed by the…
CVE-2019-12329 is an address bar spoofing vulnerability in the DuckDuckGo browser for Android version 5.26.0. The browser has more than 5 million installations, and its users are exposed to URL spoofing attacks. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Dhiraj…
