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Abusing Windows Container Isolation Framework to avoid detection by security products

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Researchers demonstrated how attackers can abuse the Windows Container Isolation Framework to bypass endpoint security solutions. Researcher Daniel Avinoam at the recent DEF CON hacking conference demonstrated how attackers can abuse the Windows Container Isolation Framework to bypass endpoint security solutions.

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Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Security Holes

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Microsoft today released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and supported software, including fixes for six zero-day bugs that malicious hackers already are exploiting in active attacks. Among the zero-days are: – CVE-2021-33742 , a remote code execution bug in a Windows HTML component.

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Google links three exploitation frameworks to Spanish commercial spyware vendor Variston

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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. While tracking the activities of commercial spyware vendors, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted an exploitation framework likely linked Variston IT, a Spanish firm. ” TAG concludes.

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North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day

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The attacks that took place in the past weeks were detected by researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). “Recently, TAG became aware of a new campaign likely from the same actors based on similarities with the previous campaign. ” reads the advisory published by Google TAG.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

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Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The bug already seeing exploitation is CVE-2022-44698 , which allows attackers to bypass the Windows SmartScreen security feature.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2022 Edition

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Microsoft today released updates to fix a record 141 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software. Once again, Microsoft is patching a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT), a service built into Windows.

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Actively exploited Windows Mark-of-the-Web zero-day received an unofficial patch

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An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. The issue affects all supported and multiple legacy Windows versions.