FortiGuard Labs has been working closely with the Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) to address multiple local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities discovered on the Windows platform. Read to learn more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/QCGm4fULMOU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
The FortiGuard Labs SE team recently identified a new malicious spam campaign utilizing the well documented infostealer LokiBot. Learn more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/jsXG7ovxyoY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
FortiGuard Labs has uncovered FunkyBot, a new android malware family targeting Japan. Read more about the packing mechanisms and deployed payload of FunkyBot.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/PYtFHLez8V4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Learn more about a recent phishing campaign uncovered by Fortinet’s Web Filtering team.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/qrs1wEtMzbE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Learn more about the nine SQL injection vulnerabilities that FortiGuard Labs recently discovered in different popular WordPress plugins, and find out how to prevent them from being exploited.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/dIcZcLHPxYo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Learn more about the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the Gamaredon Group in their latest malicious campaign.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/26IW–EI8yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Learn more about the Adobe Photoshop zero-day vulnerabilities discovered by our FortiGuard Labs researchers, and the security patches to fix those as part of their Patch Tuesday Initiative.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/kxvWdRIXO5I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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FortiGuard Labs recently discovered an Excel file claiming to provide an income tax calculator that purports to be from India’s Income Tax Department, but instead contains a variant of the xRAT trojan. Learn more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/zfu3G0QX-vo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
FortiGuard Labs uncovered a new campaign targeted at Chinese-speakers using malware that bypasses normal authentication by exploiting known WinRAR file (cve-2018-20250) and RTF file (cve-2017-11882) vulnerabilities. Read this analysis to learn more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/34AxhazOK7c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
FortiGuard Labs recently captured a number of Word documents that were spreading a new variant of the Ursnif trojan. Learn more about how it operates and the techniques it uses.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/gB4h2sgbiiQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>