Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is another excellent breakdown, with screen shots, of phishing emails exploiting the Microsoft Word/Follina/ms-msdt flaw. Being aware of the types of phishing emails the threat actors use is part of the defence in depth you need to have great cyber security. TA570 Qakbot (Qbot) tries CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) exploit (ms-msdt) …
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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 …
Awareness of the variations of phishing email attacks is a big step in defending against them – that I why I always try and post about any in depth analysis of phishing emails and their payloads that SANS Internet Storm Centre runs. HTML phishing attachments – now with anti-analysis features …
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. …
We all send and receive Microsoft Office documents, day in and day out, using email. It is how businesses and organisations work in a Microsoft Business World – even if you have a Mac or an iPad. So any attack vector that combine a Microsoft Word document with email is …
