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Weekly Top Ten Cybersecurity Stories – 4.15.2022

WEEKLY TOP TEN | APRIL 15, 2022 17:52 GMT

Our Threat Operations and Intelligence team compiles a daily digest of new cybersecurity threats from around the Internet. This top 10 has been culled from the 40+ unique stories we found relevant over the week, ranked by highest risk:

  1. CISA Adds 10 New CVEs to Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog
    https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130191/hacking/cisa-adds-windows-clfs-driver-privilege-escalation-flaw-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html
  2. VMWare Workspace ONE Receives Patch In Concert With Disclosure That CVE-2022-22954 Is Exploited In-the-Wild
    https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130188/hacking/vmware-workspace-one-access-flaw-attacks.html
  3. Apache Releases Security Advisory for Struts 2 Vulnerability
    https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/04/12/apache-releases-security-advisory-struts-2
  4. Flaws in WPA3 Protocol Allow for Potential Compromise of WiFi Password
    https://securereading.com/vulnerabilities-in-wpa3-protocol-allow-attackers-to-steal-wi-fi-password/
  5. Chinese HAFNIUM APT Exploiting Flaw in Scheduled Task Creation to Hide Malware
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-new-malware-uses-windows-bug-to-hide-scheduled-tasks/
  6. LockBit Ransomware Group Performed 5+ Month Recon On US Gov Network Before Deploying Ransomware Package
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-gang-lurked-in-a-us-gov-network-for-months/
  7. Sandworm APT Utilize INDUSTROYER2 and CADDYWIPER In Targeted Attack on Ukrainian Energy Facilities, Thwarted by ESET, Microsoft, and CERT-UA
    https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130123/apt/russia-sandworm-targets-energy-facilities-ukraine.html
  8. ConnectWise Report Suggests that Ransomware Operators Increasingly Target MSPs
    https://securitybrief.co.nz/story/ransomware-hones-in-on-msps-for-bigger-payout-report-finds
  9. Watchguard Decried for Handling of Vulnerability That Allowed CyclopsBlink Botnet to Propagate
    https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-tells-orgs-patch-watchguard-flaw-exploited-months-disclosure
  10. Microsoft Rolling Out Autopatch Feature With Windows Enterprise E3 in July 2022, Aiming to Ensure Timely Patch Management
    https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130082/security/microsoft-autopatch-feature-patch-management.html
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