Remember the Exchange server hack from a year ago (post from 3/16/21)? “Exchange Server Attacks Just Beginning?” “Attacks exploiting the flaws were first spotted in January. They initially were limited and targeted, seemingly for espionage: the adversaries primarily targeted specific email accounts. Microsoft attributed the activity to a group it calls Hafnium, believed to operate … Read more
Tips and tricks against a phishing cyberattack is what we need if 80% of all cyberattacks are Phishing email is a lie – attempts to get you to click on a link —– The Code in the link does not go where it says Email tries to trick you into acting fast – so as … Read more
As a Malwarebytes blogpost states, here are 5 reasons why fileless malware is used by attackers: The most common use cases for fileless malware are: Initial access. The first step of a cyberattack is to gain a foothold on a system. This can be stealing credentials or exploiting a vulnerability in an access point. Harvest … Read more
is everything fixed now about 4 months after the vulnerability was disclosed (and discussed here December 13,2021) So on this day in March (the 4th) Threatpost has a story from a few days ago: Millions of Java Apps Remain Vulnerable to Log4Shell (a Log4J vulnerability) The main sentences in the story are the following: “Researchers … Read more