Recent Security News
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It’s 2023 and Microsoft WordPad can be exploited to hijack vulnerable systems
October 10, 2023 at 07:58PM Microsoft has released over 100 security updates, including fixes for two bugs that are already being actively exploited. One of the vulnerabilities, known as Rapid Reset, is an HTTP/2 weakness that has been used since August to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Microsoft WordPad also has an information…
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Microsoft Blames Nation-State Threat Actor for Confluence Zero-Day Attacks
October 10, 2023 at 07:54PM Researchers at Microsoft have identified a known nation-state threat actor, referred to as Storm-0062, as responsible for the recent zero-day exploits targeting Atlassian’s Confluence Data Center and Server products. The malicious activity had been ongoing since September 14, before Atlassian publicly disclosed the issue. Microsoft has provided IP addresses related…