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Hackers Target Qlik Sense Servers With Reverse Shells, Stage ActiveMQ and Veeam Exploits

Attackers targeted Qlik Sense servers with blocked PowerShell reverse shell attempts, using infrastructure hosting backdoors and exploits.
MCPmag

Windows Zero-Day Flaw Exploits PowerShell

A newly reported zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-0859) discovered by Kaspersky Lab this week uses PowerShell to attack Windows systems. CVE-2019-0859 was one of two Windows vulnerabilities -- the ...
Dark Reading

Ransomware Attackers Bypass Microsoft's ProxyNotShell Mitigations With Fresh Exploit

The operators of a ransomware strain called Play have developed a new exploit chain for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Exchange Server that Microsoft patched in November. The ...
Digital Journal

Cyberattacks using Microsoft PowerShell soar by over 400%

PowerShell is a sophisticated scripting engine that’s frequently used by system administrators to automate common management functions. PowerShell provides command-line access to almost all features ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Critical Flaws in PowerShell Gallery Enable Malicious Exploits

Aqua Nautilus has uncovered critical vulnerabilities persisting within the PowerShell Gallery, resulting in a fertile ground for malicious actors to exploit and launch attacks. These vulnerabilities, ...
BetaNews

Zero-Day Windows Shell Exploit Emerges

Microsoft confirmed the existence Thursday of a vulnerability affecting the Windows Shell feature in Windows XP, 2000, and 2003. The issue exists in the WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX control, and ...