Tag: Windows
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New ransomware variant to watch for
A new ransomware family, Ymir, has been discovered. It is an unconventional combination of memory management functions (like malloc, memmove, and memcmp) that executes malicious code directly in the memory. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Another zero-click Windows TCP/IP vulnerability
Another critical zero-click Windows vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38063, has been discovered in the Windows TCP/IP stack, affecting all systems with IPv6 enabled. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory now to mitigate potential exploitation and protect your systems. What is the threat?...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New ShrinkLocker ransomware strains
ShrinkLocker is a recent ransomware strain that leverages a legitimate Windows encryption feature, BitLocker, to lock victims out of their devices. It shrinks the partition, increasing the impact of the attack. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory in detail to prevent...
Tech Time Warp: Don’t take Windows for granted
When was the last time you thought about how easy Windows makes your life? Seriously, though: Now, the ease with which you move from application to application, use keyboard shortcuts, and even resolve crashes with CTRL+ALT+DEL just feels like functionality...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cisco patches high-severity bug
Cisco has released security updates for a vulnerability affecting its Secure Client software. Successful exploitation could allow threat actors to steal a targeted user’s token and establish a virtual private network (VPN) session. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-20337 has a...
Tech Time Warp: Happy mail? Not so much back in 1999
In this edition of Tech Time Warp we see how the email users of January 1999 were an innocent bunch. Fresh from seeing “You’ve Got Mail” at the box office, they received emails with the attachment Happy99.exe. They thought nothing...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New vulnerability for Windows users
A new vulnerability has been identified which could compromise the security of Windows users. The vulnerability discussed in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory, known as “forced authentication,” gives an attacker access to a user’s NT LAN Manager (NTLM) tokens by tricking...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Bibi-Windows Wiper on the rise
Israel has recently been the target of cyberattacks involving a wiper malware that was previously observed to target both Linux and Windows systems. The wiper, named “BiBi-Windows Wiper”, has been used by a pro-Hamas hacker group in the wake of...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft zero-day exploit
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a high-severity Microsoft Office and Windows HTML remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, with a base CVSS score of 8.3 has been discovered. Through this vulnerability attackers can execute arbitrary code on affected systems, leading to...
Tech Time Warp: The truth about shatter attacks
In this week’s Tech Time Warp, we’re looking back at August 2002, when security researcher Kristin Paget published a whitepaper on the dangers of “shatter attacks,” and Microsoft had more than a few quibbles with it.
