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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021

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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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Quick Demo: Ivanti UEM for Clients

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In this short two-minute video, we demonstrate the power of Ivanti’s UEM for Clients (formerly Endpoint Manager) that can automatically deploy and install an antivirus and endpoint security agents to the Windows workstation or server.

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

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WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. WannaCry spreads primarily over SMB, but it can also use RDP. SMB, in particular, will then be used to send an exploit for the MS17-010 vulnerability. How Does WannaCry Infect a Host?

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From Bugs to Breaches: 25 Significant CVEs As MITRE CVE Turns 25

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CVE-2010-2568: Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploited Zero-Day Local Stuxnet High 2010 Why it’s significant: Regarded as one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage tools ever created, Stuxnet was designed to target SCADA systems in industrial environments to reportedly sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

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Microsoft’s March 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 71 CVEs (CVE-2022-23277, CVE-2022-24508)

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Microsoft Windows ALPC. Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Role: Windows Hyper-V. Tablet Windows User Interface. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Windows CD-ROM Driver. Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver. Windows COM. Windows Common Log File System Driver. Windows Media.

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Slack Patches Download Hijack Vulnerability in Windows Desktop App

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Tenable Researcher David Wells discovered a vulnerability in Slack Desktop for Windows that could have allowed an attacker to alter where files downloaded within Slack are stored. for Windows. We cannot confirm how many of those are Windows App users. Confirm that your Slack for Windows is updated to version 3.4.0.

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Microsoft’s September 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 60 CVEs (CVE-2021-40444)

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Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Microsoft Windows DNS. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Windows Authenticode. Windows Bind Filter Driver. Windows BitLocker. Windows Common Log File System Driver. Windows Event Tracing. Windows Installer. Windows Kernel.

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