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Microsoft wraps up 2021 with 64 patched vulnerabilities—including Windows 7 fixes

The final Patch Tuesday of the year is here, and while Log4J may have cast a very long shadow over this month, Microsoft has released fixes for 64 more vulnerabilities in its software products, including 16 Chromium-based bugs in the Edge browser that were already patched in updates pushed since last month. Some of the…
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Log4Shell Hell: anatomy of an exploit outbreak

A vulnerability in a widely-used Java logging component is exposing untold numbers of organizations to potential remote code attacks and information exposure.

Android APT spyware, targeting Middle East victims, enhances evasiveness

The phone spyware has new features that confer resistance to takedowns or manual removal

New ransomware actor uses password-protected archives to bypass encryption protection

Calling themselves “Memento team”, actors use Python-based ransomware that they reconfigured after setbacks.