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Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday Fixes 56 Flaws, 1 Zero-Day Today is Microsoft’s February 2021 Patch Tuesday, so please be buy your Windows administrators some snacks to keep their energy up throughout the day. With today’s update, Microsoft has fixed for 56 vulnerabilities, with eleven classified as Critical, two as Moderate, and 43 as Important. There is also
New BendyBear APT Malware Gets Linked To Chinese Hacking Group Unit 42 researchers today have shared info on a new polymorphic and “highly sophisticated” malware dubbed BendyBear, linked to a hacking group with known ties to the Chinese government. BendyBear is also “one of the most sophisticated, well-engineered and difficult-to-detect samples of shellcode employed by
Researcher Hacks Over 35 Tech Firms In Novel Supply Chain Attack A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, in a novel software supply chain attack. The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including PyPI, npm, and RubyGems, which then
Adobe Fixes Critical Reader Vulnerability Exploited In The Wild Adobe has released security updates that address an actively exploited vulnerability in Adobe Reader and other critical bugs in Adobe Acrobat, Magento, Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. In total, the company addressed fifty security vulnerabilities affecting seven products, with many of them rated as critical as