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LSA Whisperer: Open-source tools for interacting with authentication packages
LSA Whisperer consists of open-source tools designed to interact with authentication packages through their unique messaging protocols. Support is currently provided for the …

Hackers backdoored Cisco ASA devices via two zero-days (CVE-2024-20353, CVE-2024-20359)
A state-sponsored threat actor has managed to compromise Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) used on government networks across the globe and use two zero-day …

Russian hackers’ custom tool exploits old Windows Print Spooler flaw (CVE-2022-38028)
For nearly four years and perhaps even longer, Forest Blizzard (aka Fancy Bear, aka APT28) has been using a custom tool that exploits a specific vulnerability in Windows Print …

Microsoft patches two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-29988, CVE-2024-26234)
On this April 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed a record 147 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-29988, a vulnerability that Microsoft hasn’t marked …

April 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: New and old from Microsoft
April 2024 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft patches actively exploited security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-29988) This month, we have a new product preview …

A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes
Microsoft still doesn’t known how Storm-0558 attackers managed to steal the Microsoft Services Account cryptographic key they used to forge authentication tokens needed …

March 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Windows Hyper-V
On this March 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 59 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, but – welcome news! – none of them are currently publicly known …

Microsoft: Russian hackers accessed internal systems, code repositories
Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29), a group of Russian hackers tied to the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), has leveraged information stolen from Microsoft …

March 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A popular framework updated
UPDATE: March 12, 3:55 PM ET – March 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Windows Hyper-V We’re almost at our third Patch Tuesday and wrapping up the …

Veeam and Microsoft develop AI solutions aimed at improving data protection
Veeam Software announced an extended, five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to innovate new solutions for protecting customers by integrating Veeam’s product family …

PyRIT: Open-source framework to find risks in generative AI systems
Python Risk Identification Tool (PyRIT) is Microsoft’s open-source automation framework that enables security professionals and machine learning engineers to find risks …

Microsoft begins broadening free cloud logging capabilities
After select US federal agencies tested Microsoft’s expanded cloud logging capabilities for six months, Microsoft is now making them available to all agencies using …
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