CYBER THREAT ALERT Cyber Threat Intelligence unit of BGD e-GOV CIRT recently observed a series of malicious and suspicious activities, organized by an unknown APT group named APT-C-61, which was being observed starting in mid-2021. In primary observation, till now the target was important organizations such as national institutions, military industry, and scientific research institutions of Pakistan and Bangladesh to steal classified information. Details are...
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Description: A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute PowerShell commands that would be blocked by WDAC. The CVE-2020-0951 vulnerability affects both PowerShell 7 and PowerShell 7.1 versions.To check the PowerShell version you are running and determine if you are vulnerable to attacks...
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Description: An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET where System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection may send credentials in plain text on non-Windows Operating systems. CVE-2021-41355 impacts users of PowerShell 7.1.To check the PowerShell version you are running and determine if you are vulnerable to attacks exploiting these two bugs, you can execute the pwsh -v command from a Command Prompt. Mitigations: Admins are advised to install the updated PowerShell...
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DESCRIPTION:A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft MSHTML, which couldallow for remote code execution. MSHTML (also known as Trident) is theengine used for Internet Explorer. It is also used by Microsoft Officeapplications for rendering web based content. Successful exploitation ofthis vulnerability could result in remote code execution in the contextof the affected user. Depending on the privileges associated with theuser, an attacker could view, change,...
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DESCRIPTION:Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox,Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), and Thunderbird, the most severeof which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Mozilla Firefox is aweb browser used to access the Internet. Mozilla Firefox ESR is aversion of the web browser intended to be deployed in largeorganizations. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities couldallow for arbitrary code execution. Depending on the privilegesassociated with the...
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