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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Featured Articles
UK Police Take Down LabHost Phishing Service
Europol and a collection of UK law enforcement agencies have disrupted the LabHost phishing platform, which targeted victims
3 Things We Still Don’t Know About the XZ Backdoor
The XZ Utils backdoor was a very subtle operation that took several years to pull off, and while some of the technical details are
FBI Warns of Attacks From Iranian Threat Group Emennet Pasargad
The FBI is warning companies about hack-and-leak operations from Iranian threat actor Emennet Pasargad.
Decipher Podcast: Martin Roesch Returns
Martin Roesch, CEO of Netography, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the evolution of network security, protecting hybrid computing environments, and where that Snort pig couch came from.
With Attacks Underway, Fortinet Urges Customers to Patch CVE-2022-40684
Fortinet said many of its customers still have not updated to fix CVE-2022-40684, which has been under active attack for two weeks.
Prestige Ransomware Hits Targets in Ukraine and Poland
A new ransomware called Prestige has hit organizations in Poland and Ukraine using a variety of deployment methods.
Attackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet Authentication Bypass
Mass exploitation of a new Fortinet authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2022-40684) is ongoing and proof of concept exploits are available.