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BazarLoader ‘call me back’ attack abuses Windows 10 Apps mechanism

The unusual technique invokes the Windows App Installer to deliver malware

November, 2021 Patch Tuesday falls back to just 57 bug fixes

Critical fixes on tap for Office, Windows, and some enterprise applications – including a possible avenue to escape a virtual machine

Sophos releases the 2022 Threat Report

SophosLabs, the Sophos Managed Threat Response team, and the SophosAI data science group releases our 2022 Threat Report this morning. This report represents the collective wisdom of our malware analysts, the machine and network forensics specialists, and machine learning experts that make up these core teams within Sophos, and offers some analysis of the events…
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Python ransomware script targets ESXi server for encryption

Configuration errors rapidly escalated to a ransomware attack inside a virtual machine hypervisor