Lisa Vaas, Author at AZGAD WEBSITE SECURITY BLOG

The legit security tool has shown up 161 percent more, year-over-year, in cyberattacks, having “gone fully mainstream in the crimeware world.”

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2021-06-28 Lisa Vaas

Microsoft Signs Malware That Spreads Through Gaming

The driver, called “Netfilter,” is a rootkit that talks to Chinese C2 IPs and aims to spoof gamers’ geo-locations to cheat the system and play from anywhere, Microsoft said.

Web Security

2021-06-26 Lisa Vaas

Mercedes-Benz Customer Data Flies Out the Window

For over three years, a vendor was recklessly driving the cloud-stored data of luxury-car-owning customers and wannabe buyers.

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2021-06-25 Lisa Vaas

My Book Live Users Wake Up to Wiped Devices, Active RCE Attacks

“I am totally screwed,” one user wailed after finding years of data nuked. Western Digital advised yanking the NAS storage devices offline ASAP: There’s an exploit.

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2021-06-25 Lisa Vaas

Spam Downpour Drips New IcedID Banking Trojan Variant

The primarily IcedID-flavored banking trojan spam campaigns were coming in at a fever pitch: Spikes hit more than 100 detections a day.

Vulnerabilities

2021-06-24 Lisa Vaas

Critical VMware Carbon Black Bug Allows Authentication Bypass

The 9.4-rated bug in AppC could give attackers admin rights, no authentication required, letting them attack anything from PoS to industrial control systems.

Cloud Security Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-06-24 Lisa Vaas

Atlassian Bugs Could Have Led to 1-Click Takeover

A supply-chain attack could have siphoned sensitive information out of Jira, such as security issues on Atlassian cloud, Bitbucket and on-prem products.

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2021-06-23 Lisa Vaas