Microsoft has released the KB5049981 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which contains an updated Kernel driver blocklist to prevent Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. The Windows 10 KB5049981 update is mandatory as it contains Microsoft’s January 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking […]
Today is Microsoft’s January 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 159 flaws, including eight zero-day vulnerabilities, with three actively exploited in attacks. This Patch Tuesday also fixes twelve “Critical” vulnerabilities, including information disclosure, privileges elevation, and remote code execution flaws. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: To learn more […]
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5050009 and KB5050021 cumulative updates for versions 24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and issues. Both KB5050009 and KB5050021 are mandatory cumulative updates as they contain the January 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates for vulnerabilities discovered in previous months. Windows 11 users can install today’s update by going to Start > Settings > Windows Update and clicking on ‘Check […]
A weakness in Google’s OAuth “Sign in with Google” feature could enable attackers that register domains of defunct startups to access sensitive data of former employee accounts linked to various software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. The security gap was discovered by Trufflesecurity researchers and reported to Google last year on September 30. Google initially disregarded the finding as […]
​The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the FBI has deleted Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in networks across the United States. The malware, controlled by the Chinese cyber espionage group Mustang Panda (also tracked as Twill Typhoon), infected thousands of systems using a PlugX variant with a wormable component that allowed it to […]
Threat actors are utilizing the FastHTTP Go library to launch high-speed brute-force password attacks targeting Microsoft 365 accounts globally. The campaign was recently discovered by incident response firm SpearTip, who said the attacks began on January 6, 2025, targeting the Azure Active Directory Graph API. The researchers warn that the brute-force attacks have to successful account […]
Attackers are exploiting a new authentication bypass zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy to hijack Fortinet firewalls and breach enterprise networks. This security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-55591) impacts FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.19, and FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to gain super-admin privileges by making malicious requests to the […]
​Microsoft says a known issue is causing Classic Outlook and Microsoft 365 applications to crash on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 systems. This confirmation comes after many customers reported over the last several days that Microsoft Outlook and Office 365 apps like Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint crashed within 15 seconds of launch. Redmond says the root […]
Blood-donation not-for-profit OneBlood confirms that donors’ personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack last summer. OneBlood first notified the public about the attack on July 31, 2024, noting that ransomware actors had encrypted its virtual machines, forcing the healthcare organization to fall back to using manual processes. OneBlood is a supplier of blood to over 250 hospitals […]
​CISA has tagged a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-12686) in BeyondTrust’s Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) as actively exploited in attacks. As mandated by the Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, after being added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, U.S. federal agencies must secure their networks against ongoing attacks targeting the flaw within three weeks […]
