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
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The XZ Utils backdoor was a very subtle operation that took several years to pull off, and while some of the technical details are
Firefox 103 Fixes Serious Memory Safety Flaws
Firefox 103 fixes a number of security vulnerabilities, including several memory safety flaws.
Samba Fixes Serious Password-Reset Flaws
Samba has fixed several bugs, including two serious password-reset flaws, one of which could allow a user to take complete control of the domain.
Decipher Podcast: Sean Zadig
Sean Zadig, CISO of Yahoo and head of the Paranoids, talks with Dennis Fisher about his start in the security field, protecting a massive user base, and thinking about security critically.
North Korean Attackers Use Malicious Browser Extension to Steal Email
The Kimsuky threat group based in North Korea is using a malicious browser extension to steal email from active user sessions in Chrome and Edge.
Experts Urge Congress to Pressure Commercial Spyware Vendors
Researchers from Google and Citizen Lab urged Congress to use intelligence agencies, diplomatic, and economic means to pressure commercial spyware vendors such as NSO Group.