Thursday, March 13, 2025

Microsoft

Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams & Quick Assist for Remote Access

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign in which threat actors are exploiting Microsoft Teams and Quick Assist to gain unauthorized remote access to...

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Microsoft Windows Win32k Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2018-8639, a decade-old Microsoft Windows privilege escalation flaw, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog...

Njrat Exploits Microsoft Dev Tunnels for C2 Communication

A new campaign involving the notorious remote access trojan (RAT) Njrat has been uncovered, leveraging Microsoft's Dev Tunnels service for command-and-control (C2) communication.This...

VS Code Extension with 9 Million Installs Attacks Developers with Malicious Code

Microsoft has removed two widely-used Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions, “Material Theme Free” and “Material Theme Icons Free,” from its marketplace after cybersecurity...

Microsoft Defender Leverages Machine Learning to Block Malicious Command Executions

The modern cybersecurity landscape is witnessing an unprecedented surge in sophisticated attack techniques, with adversaries increasingly exploiting legitimate command-line tools to execute malicious actions....

Windows Disk Cleanup Tool Exploit Allows SYSTEM Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has urgently addressed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-21420) in the Windows Disk Cleanup Utility (cleanmgr.exe) during its February 2025 Patch Tuesday updates.The...

Critical Microsoft Bing Vulnerability Enabled Remote Code Execution Attacks

A critical security flaw in Microsoft Bing tracked as CVE-2025-21355, allowed unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, posing severe risks to organizations and...

Fake Timesheet Report Emails Linked to Tycoon 2FA Phishing Kit

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel phishing campaign distributing the notorious Tycoon 2FA phishing kit through fraudulent timesheet notification emails, marking a concerning evolution...