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Detecting Risky Third-party Drivers on Windows Assets

Tenable

Kernel-mode drivers are critical yet risky components of the Windows operating system. Windows is an operating system that, over its 40-plus years of history, has developed more than a few arcane components that are a mystery to many systems administrators.

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The Dark Side of AI in Cybersecurity — AI-Generated Malware

Palo Alto Networks

In a thought-provoking interview on the Threat Vector podcast , Palo Alto Networks researchers Bar Matalon and Rem Dudas shed light on their groundbreaking research into AI-generated malware and shared their predictions for the future of AI in cybersecurity. We did that for different operating systems – for Windows, macOS and Linux.

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FBI and CISA Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Royal Ransomware Group

Tenable

The Royal ransomware operation emerged in January 2022, and throughout that year were involved in several high profile attacks, such as ones against Silverstone Circuit and Queensland University of Technology. Royal uses Cobalt Strike and malware such as Ursnif/Gozi to exfiltrate data.

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April Patch Tuesday 2022

Ivanti

Attackers are exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability to spread Mirai Botnet malware. Attacks observed by Trend report systems configured with Spring Framework versions before 5.2.20, 5.3.18, JDK version 9 or higher and Apache Tomcat are being targeted. This vulnerability affects all Windows Operating System versions.

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Microsoft’s July 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 123 CVEs Including Wormable Windows DNS Server RCE (CVE-2020-1350) (SIGRed)

Tenable

Microsoft addresses 123 CVEs, including CVE-2020-1350, a wormable remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS Server dubbed “SIGRed.”. Included this month is a highly critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server (CVE-2020-1350). The vulnerability has a 10.0

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

2 Over half (51%) of all X-Ray machines had a high severity CVE (CVE-2019-11687), with around 20% running an unsupported version of Windows. 3 Unit 42 research also found that 83% of ultrasound, MRI, and CT scanners run on an end-of-life operating system. We’ve seen hospital operations halted. Simplify operations.

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

ProtectWise

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. Who Created The Malware?