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January 2025

New UEFI Secure Boot Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers to Load Malicious Bootkits

New UEFI Secure Boot Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers to Load Malicious Bootkits

Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cybersecurity Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems. The vulnerability, assigned the… 

Researchers Find Exploit Allowing NTLMv1 Despite Active Directory Restrictions

Researchers Find Exploit Allowing NTLMv1 Despite Active Directory Restrictions

Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananActive Directory / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have found that the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy that’s designed to disable NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v1 can be trivially bypassed by a misconfiguration. “A… 

Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer

Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer

Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns. “In both campaigns, attackers…