Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center – actively being attacked – there’s a patch UPDATE 8 June 2022

software patches are essential cybersecurity

This post was first published on 4 June 2022 Following the CISA alert, about vulnerability and active exploits, Atlassian has released new versions of their collaboration software, Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. Atlassian Releases New Versions of Confluence Server and Data Center to Address CVE-2022-26134 | CISA Update 8 …

Microsoft guidance for Office zero-day vulnerability – Follina

I have written about this Microsoft Word vulnerability earlier this week: New attack using Microsoft Office documents – could you or your team recognise it? – Smart Thinking Solutions There is still not patch – but Microsoft has issued some mitigation guidance: Guidance for CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability …

Zero-day threat using Microsoft Office documents – even if macros are disabled – it’s called Follina

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I have written about the usefulness and the threat that Microsoft Office document macros can pose to your cyber security. This flaw, called Follina, exploits Office functionality to retrieve an HTML file, and Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) to run some malicious code, which can lead to privilege escalation attacks. …

Ransomware targets VMware

A new malware strain known as Cheerscrypt or Cheers, is targeting a VMware enterprise virtualisation tool – VMware ESXi systems. Ransomware Cheerscrypt targets VMware ESXi systems • The Register