The release of Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer is great news for customers, empowering them to simply and easily add Cisco Secure Firewall capabilities to their Azure cloud infrastructure. By combining Azure Gateway Load Balancer with Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations can quickly scale their firewall presence across their Azure cloud environment, providing protection … [Read more...] about Scale security on the fly in Microsoft Azure Cloud with Cisco Secure Firewall
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Researchers Uncover UEFI Secure Boot Bypass in 3 Microsoft Signed Boot Loaders
A security feature bypass vulnerability has been uncovered in three signed third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot loaders that allow bypass of the UEFI Secure Boot feature. "These vulnerabilities can be exploited by mounting the EFI System Partition and replacing the existing bootloader with the vulnerable one, or modifying a UEFI variable to load the … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover UEFI Secure Boot Bypass in 3 Microsoft Signed Boot Loaders
Microsoft Links Raspberry Robin USB Worm to Russian Evil Corp Hackers
Microsoft on Friday disclosed a potential connection between the Raspberry Robin USB-based worm and an infamous Russian cybercrime group tracked as Evil Corp. The tech giant said it observed the FakeUpdates (aka SocGholish) malware being delivered via existing Raspberry Robin infections on July 26, 2022. Raspberry Robin, also called QNAP Worm, is known to spread from a … [Read more...] about Microsoft Links Raspberry Robin USB Worm to Russian Evil Corp Hackers
Hackers Opting New Attack Methods After Microsoft Blocked Macros by Default
With Microsoft taking steps to block Excel 4.0 (XLM or XL4) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default across Office apps, malicious actors are responding by refining their new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). "The use of VBA and XL4 Macros decreased approximately 66% from October 2021 through June 2022," Proofpoint said in a report shared with The … [Read more...] about Hackers Opting New Attack Methods After Microsoft Blocked Macros by Default
Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale AiTM Phishing Attacks Against Over 10,000 Organizations
Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that a large-scale phishing campaign targeted over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 by hijacking Office 365's authentication process even on accounts secured with multi-factor authentication (MFA). "The attackers then used the stolen credentials and session cookies to access affected users' mailboxes and perform follow-on business email … [Read more...] about Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale AiTM Phishing Attacks Against Over 10,000 Organizations
Microsoft Warns About Evolving Capabilities of Toll Fraud Android Malware Apps
Microsoft has detailed the evolving capabilities of toll fraud malware apps on Android, pointing out its "complex multi-step attack flow" and an improved mechanism to evade security analysis. Toll fraud belongs to a category of billing fraud wherein malicious mobile applications come with hidden subscription fees, roping in unsuspecting users to premium content without their … [Read more...] about Microsoft Warns About Evolving Capabilities of Toll Fraud Android Malware Apps
New ‘FabricScape’ Bug in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Impacts Linux Workloads
Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 disclosed details of a new security flaw affecting Microsoft's Service Fabric that could be exploited to obtain elevated permissions and seize control of all nodes in a cluster. The issue, which has been dubbed FabricScape (CVE-2022-30137), could be exploited on containers that are configured to have runtime access. It … [Read more...] about New ‘FabricScape’ Bug in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Impacts Linux Workloads
Researchers Warn of Unpatched “DogWalk” Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
An unofficial security patch has been made available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), even as the Follina flaw continues to be exploited in the wild. The issue — referenced as DogWalk — relates to a path traversal flaw that can be exploited to stash a malicious executable file to the Windows Startup folder when a … [Read more...] about Researchers Warn of Unpatched “DogWalk” Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
Watch Out! Researchers Spot New Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office that could be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected Windows systems. The vulnerability came to light after an independent cybersecurity research team known as nao_sec uncovered a Word document ("05-2022-0438.doc") that was uploaded to VirusTotal from an IP address in … [Read more...] about Watch Out! Researchers Spot New Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild
Microsoft Finds Critical Bugs in Pre-Installed Apps on Millions of Android Devices
Four high severity vulnerabilities have been disclosed in a framework used by pre-installed Android System apps with millions of downloads. The issues, now fixed by its Israeli developer MCE Systems, could have potentially allowed threat actors to stage remote and local attacks or be abused as vectors to obtain sensitive information by taking advantage of their extensive system … [Read more...] about Microsoft Finds Critical Bugs in Pre-Installed Apps on Millions of Android Devices