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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, October 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

The new zero-day flaw– CVE-2022-41033 — is an “elevation of privilege” bug in the Windows COM+ event service, which provides system notifications when users logon or logoff. Microsoft says the flaw is being actively exploited, and that it was reported by an anonymous individual.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

Of particular concern this month is CVE-2022-24521 , which is a “privilege escalation” vulnerability in the Windows common log file system driver. Among the scariest critical bugs is CVE-2022-26809, a potentially “wormable” weakness in a core Windows component ( RPC ) that earned a CVSS score of 9.8 (10

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Roaming Mantis implements new DNS changer in its malicious mobile app in 2022

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Kaspersky has been investigating the actor’s activity throughout 2022, and we observed a DNS changer function used for getting into Wi-Fi routers and undertaking DNS hijacking. At that time, the criminals compromised Wi-Fi routers for use in DNS hijacking, which is a very effective technique. Agent.eq (a.k.a

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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Krebs on Security

In such assaults, the perpetrators leverage unmanaged Domain Name Servers (DNS) or other devices on the Web to create huge traffic floods. Ideally, DNS servers only provide services to machines within a trusted domain — such as translating an Internet address from a series of numbers into a domain name, like example.com.

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B1txor20 Linux botnet use DNS Tunnel and Log4J exploit

Security Affairs

Researchers uncovered a new Linux botnet, tracked as B1txor20, that exploits the Log4J vulnerability and DNS tunnel. The malware was first spotted on February 9, 2022, when 360Netlab’s honeypot system captured an unknown ELF file that was spreading by exploiting the Log4J vulnerability. ” continues the analysis.

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Iran-linked Lyceum APT adds a new.NET DNS Backdoor to its arsenal

Security Affairs

Iran-linked Lyceum APT group uses a new.NET-based DNS backdoor to target organizations in the energy and telecommunication sectors. The Iran-linked Lyceum APT group, aka Hexane or Spilrin, used a new.NET-based DNS backdoor in a campaign aimed at companies in the energy and telecommunication sectors, ZScaler researchers warn.

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A DNS flaw impacts a library used by millions of IoT devices

Security Affairs

A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library impacts millions of IoT products. Nozomi Networks warns of a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-05-02, in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library which is used by a large number of IoT products. ” continues the advisory.

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