Microsoft Releases Mitigation Measures for Active MSDT Exploit

Context Microsoft has shared mitigation measures, which are included below, to block attacks exploiting the flaw, designated CVE-2022-30190, while a patch is being developed. Microsoft‘s entry for CVE-2022-30190 indicates it affects MSDT on all versions of Windows and Windows Server and has detected exploitation in the wild. The remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) is called using the…

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International Airline Service Interruptions

Context On May 25, 2022, multiple flights in India were grounded for several hours after the airline confirmed a ransomware attack on their internal systems that also disrupted their website functionality. On May 26, 2022, a small airline cancelled all flights leaving Gatwick in the United Kingdom from 1 to 3 p.m. BST due to…

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Conti Ransomware Shuts Down Operation, Splinters into Smaller Groups

Summary The notable ransomware gang known as Conti has, according to security firm Advanced Intel (AdvIntel), taken its infrastructure offline and shut down its ransomware operations. While public-facing ‘Conti News’ data leak and the ransom negotiation sites are still online, the Tor admin panels used by Conti members to perform negotiations, publish news, and generate…

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Technical Details on CrateDepression Rust Supply-Chain Attack Campaign

Context On May 19, 2022, security researchers at Sentinel Labs released technical details of a campaign targeting the Rust development community with a supply-chain attack by leveraging a malicious crate. The Rust Security Response Working Group released an advisory regarding the malicious crate on May 10, 2022. The malicious crate was named “rustdecimal,” likely intended…

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Apache Tomcat CVE-2022-25762 Advisory

Context On May 12, 2022, Apache released an advisory regarding a high severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2022-25762, affects Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.2o and 8.5.0 to 8.5.75. Apache advises users to upgrade to 9.0.21 or later or 8.5.76 or later to mitigate the vulnerability. A May 16, 2022 advisory from CISA…

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