The number of privilege escalation bugs in Microsoft’s products increased for the second year in a row in 2021, highlighting the growing risk this vulnerability category poses for organizations. BeyondTrust recently analyzed data from Microsoft vulnerability disclosures in 2021 and found that 588 — or 49% — of the total 1,212 bugs that the company […]
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A Linux botnet malware known as XorDdos has witnessed a 254% surge in activity over the last six months, according to latest research from Microsoft. The trojan, so named for carrying out denial-of-service attacks on Linux systems and its use of XOR-based encryption for communications with its command-and-control (C2) server, is known to have been […]
Microsoft is warning of an emerging threat targeting internet-connected cryptocurrency wallets, signaling a departure in the use of digital coins in cyberattacks. The tech giant dubbed the new threat “cryware,” with the attacks resulting in the irreversible theft of virtual currencies by means of fraudulent transfers to an adversary-controlled wallet. “Cryware are information stealers that […]
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