Month: August 2022

FBI: Zeppelin ransomware may encrypt devices multiple times in attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US organizations today that attackers deploying Zeppelin ransomware might encrypt their files multiple times. The two federal agencies also shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to …

Microsoft is showing ads for Microsoft 365 in Office 2021

Microsoft is showing ads for Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions to its Office 2021 customers, offering them discounts of over $28 to get a 3-month Family plan subscription. Several users have reported seeing these ads this week, starting on August 10, with Lee Holmes, a Principal Security …

Palo Alto Networks: New PAN-OS DDoS flaw exploited in attacks

Palo Alto Networks has issued a security advisory warning of an actively exploited high-severity vulnerability impacting PAN-OS, the operating system used by the company’s networking hardware products. The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-0028 (CVSS v3 – 8.6), is an URL filtering policy misconfiguration that could allow an …

Microsoft 365 version 2206 update pulled due to apps crashing

Microsoft has pulled the Microsoft 365 version 2206 update after users report their Office applications are crashing when viewing a contact card or hovering over a user’s name or photo. The bug was introduced with the Monthly Enterprise Channel version 2206 (build 15330.20298), released Tuesday as …