February 13, 2024 at 03:16PM
Microsoft issued a patch for CVE-2024-21412, a zero-day SmartScreen vulnerability used by the Water Hydra APT group to target financial market traders. Trend Micro protects customers from this, emphasizing the importance of proactive cybersecurity measures and a dedicated bug bounty program. Trend customers have been protected since January 17 via virtual patching.
From the meeting notes, I have gathered the following key takeaways:
1. Microsoft issued a patch for the CVE-2024-21412, a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen zero-day vulnerability, targeting financial market traders and allowing threat actors to bypass SmartScreen and infect victims with the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT).
2. The Water Hydra APT group has been exploiting CVE-2024-21412 to gain initial access to victims for lateral movement and subsequent stages of attack.
3. Trend Micro has been providing protection against CVE-2024-21412 since January 17 via virtual patching and their proactive approach to identifying and fixing vulnerabilities.
4. The potential impacts of successful exploitation include data breaches, financial losses, downtime, and disruption of business operations.
5. They recommend organizations to adopt a multilayered approach including vulnerability management, threat intelligence monitoring, rigorous patch management, and incident response planning to address the risk of zero-day vulnerabilities.
Let me know if you need any further details or specifics from the meeting notes.