Wildcat Cyber Patrol

Microsoft Office appears on Windows 10 systems without users asking for installation

PWAs are designed to be installed into the user's devices only after the user manually requests the installation. However, according [...]

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Posted on October 14, 2020 by Mash

The new trojan BazarLoader is used by TrickBot gang to deploy Ryuk ransomware on high-value targets

TrickBot gang is known for using the trojans to compromise the enterprise networks by downloading software modules with the purpose [...]

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Posted on October 13, 2020 by Mash

Attackers abuse Windows Update to execute malicious programs

The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) that attackers can use with [...]

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Posted on October 13, 2020 by Mash

Android ransomware MalLocker executes from with the Home button

According to Microsoft, Android ransomware known as MalLocker locks the user's phone with the ransom note after the Home button [...]

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Posted on October 10, 2020 by Mash

Attackers abuse Fitbit apps to distribute malware

Fitbit develops various fitness devices (bands, smartwatches) that provide users with information like the number of steps walked. Security researcher [...]

How-to

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Mash

How to disable Bing Search in Windows 10 version 2004 or newer

The initial Windows 10 launch back in 2015 introduced digital assistant Cortana and bing search into its local search function. [...]

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Posted on October 9, 2020 by Mash

New Windows 10 device feature is being tested

Normally the default settings of Windows 10 after installation are based on the user's region language selection, edition of the [...]

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Windows 10

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Mash

QNAP security vulnerabilities fixed

QNAP addressed two critical flaws in the Helpdesk app, that could potentially allow attackers to take control over unpatched QNAP [...]

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QNAP

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Mash

Chrome 86 released with massive user security improvements

On October 6th Google has released Chrome 86 to the stable Desktop channel, which brings several security enchantments such as [...]

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Posted on October 7, 2020 by Mash

Banking trojan Emotet is inreasing attacks on US state, warns CISA

Emotet, a banking trojan first discovered in 2014, has recently evolved into a botnet, that is used to deliver second [...]

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trojan Emotet

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Mash

Second ever UEFI Rootkit discovered - MosaicRegressor

Investigations around the attacks on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) led to the UEFI rootkit named MosaicRegressor. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) [...]

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Posted on October 6, 2020 by Mash

Iranian backed hacker group is exploiting Windows Zerologon flaw, warns Microsoft

Microsoft Security Response Center warned today about the MuddyWater cyber-espionage group abusing the Zerologon exploits in their recent attacks. This [...]

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Posted on October 6, 2020 by Mash

Exorcist 2.0 ransomware is pushed by fake software crack sites

Security researcher Nao_Sec discovered, that PopCash malicious advertisement is used to redirect users to fake crack websites, that actually distribute [...]

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Posted on October 5, 2020 by Mash

Attackers abuse HP Device Manager Backdoor to take control over users' Windows systems

Recently released HP security advisory contains three critical and high severity vulnerabilities in the Device Manager that allow attackers to [...]

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Posted on October 5, 2020 by Mash

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in wireless routers

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in multiple wireless router chipsets (CVE-2019-18989, CVE-2019-18990, and CVE-2019-18991) Read more... Mediatek: Chipset: MT7620N Devices tested: D-Link [...]