Analyzing Forest Blizzard’s custom post-compromise tool for exploiting CVE-2022-38028 to obtain credentials

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Since 2019, Forest Blizzard has used a custom post-compromise tool to exploit a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service that allows elevated permissions. Microsoft has issued a security update addressing this vulnerability as CVE-2022-38028.

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Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:07:56 +0000

The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. The protection scheme was exposed in 2022 when Russian authorities arrested six members of the group, which sold millions of stolen payment cards at flashy online shops like Trump’s Dumps.

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Earth Day 2024: Sophos Supports this Year’s Planet vs. Plastics Campaign

Credit to Author: victoriatownsley| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:09 +0000

To mark Earth Day on April 22, and its theme of Planet vs. Plastics, Sophos employees are being encouraged to use their Sophos Volunteering hours to take part in practical opportunities to join the fight against plastic pollution, as well as take part in a series of wellbeing webinars focused on sustainability and climate anxiety.

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Quick Byte: Top Cyber News of the Week (14th to 20th April, 2024)

Credit to Author: Saurabh Vadghule| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:30:58 +0000

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India ranks 10th in cybercrime as per the recent “World Cybercrime Index” In the recently released “World Cybercrime…

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