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The infamous Russian threat actor has created a custom tool called GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 in cyberespionage attacks against targets in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America.

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A now-patched Windows Print Spooler flaw was used by Forest Blizzard to drop the privilege-elevating malware for credential stealing and persistence.

Microsoft’s threat researchers have uncovered GooseEgg, a never-before-seen tool being used by Forest Blizzard, or Fancy Bear, in conjunction with vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler.

Microsoft Defender for Individuals has expanded its privacy protection features to iOS users in the US and UK along with Android users in the UK, with plans for more regions and platforms.

This week we saw Microsoft games take over the PlayStation Store, Fallout rise in player count and popularity, and a report about a $100 billion investment into AI.

A cryptominer campaign leveraged five vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to infect environments.

Forum discussion: CVEs have been published or revised in the Security Update Guide April 11, 2024 These common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) were recently published or revised in the Microsoft Security Update Guide: CVE-2013-3900 https://msrc.microsoft.com/upd

And in other news, CISA directs federal agencies on Microsoft breach by Russian operatives.

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