Russian Group Forest Blizzard Deploying GooseEgg Tool to Exploit CVE-2022-38028
A Russian threat group known as Forest Blizzard has been using a custom tool called GooseEgg to exploit a Windows Print Spooler
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Decipher Podcast: Patrick Wardle
Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle joins Dennis Fisher to discuss his research and Mac malware.
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U.S.-Based Malware Hosting Setup Possibly Tied to Necurs Botnet
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