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Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Microsoft coined the term “human-operated ransomware” to clearly define a class of attack driven by expert humane intelligence at every step of the attack chain and culminate in intentional business disruption and extortion. In this blog, we explain the ransomware-as-a-service affiliate model and disambiguate between the attacker tools and the various threat actors at play during a security incident.
·microsoft.com·
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Faster, easier and more secure sign-ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms  Mountain View, California, MAY 5, 2022  – In a joint effort to make the web […]
·fidoalliance.org·
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
Microsoft has discovered several vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as Nimbuspwn, that could be chained together, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges to root on many Linux desktop endpoints. Leveraging Nimbuspwn as a vector for root access could allow attackers to achieve greater impact on vulnerable devices by deploying payloads and performing other malicious actions via arbitrary root code execution.
·microsoft.com·
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
In this two-part blog series, we expose a modern malware infrastructure and provide guidance for protecting against the wide range of threats it enables. Part 1 covers the evolution of the threat, how it spreads, and how it impacts organizations. Part 2 is a deep dive on the attacker behavior and will provide investigation guidance.
·microsoft.com·
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
The activity we have observed has been attributed to a threat group that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$. DEV-0537 is known for using a pure extortion and destruction model without deploying ransomware payloads.
·microsoft.com·
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft’s Official Store
·research.checkpoint.com·
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store
Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits
Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits
MSTIC and MSRC disclose technical details of a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) tracked as KNOTWEED using multiple Windows and Adobe 0-day exploits, including one for the recently patched CVE-2022-22047, in limited and targeted attacks against European and Central American customers.
·microsoft.com·
Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits
From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud
From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud
A large-scale phishing campaign that attempted to target over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and skip the authentication process, even if the user had enabled multifactor authentication (MFA).
·microsoft.com·
From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud
Uncovering a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability: A deep dive into CVE-2022-26706 - Microsoft Security Blog
Uncovering a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability: A deep dive into CVE-2022-26706 - Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft uncovered a vulnerability in macOS that could allow specially crafted codes to escape the App Sandbox and run unrestricted on the system. We shared these findings with Apple, and fix for this vulnerability, now identified as CVE-2022-26706, was included in the security updates on May 16, 2022.
·microsoft.com·
Uncovering a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability: A deep dive into CVE-2022-26706 - Microsoft Security Blog
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War
This report represents research conducted by Microsoft’s threat intelligence and data science teams with the goal of sharpening our understanding of the threat landscape in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The report also offers a series of lessons and conclusions resulting from the data gathered and analyzed. Notably, the report reveals new information about Russian efforts including an increase in network penetration and espionage activities amongst allied governments, non-profits and other organizations outside Ukraine. This report also unveils detail about sophisticated and widespread Russian foreign influence operations being used among other things, to undermine Western unity and bolster their war efforts. We are seeing these foreign influence operations enacted in force in a coordinated fashion along with the full range of cyber destructive and espionage campaigns. Finally, the report calls for a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen collective defenses – a task that will require the private sector, public sector, nonprofits and civil society to come together. The foreword of this new report, written by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith, offers additional detail below.
·blogs.microsoft.com·
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War