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3rd Party Services Are Falling Short on Password Security

Preventing the use of weak and leaked passwords within an enterprise environment is a manageable task for your IT department, but what about other services where end-users share business-critical data in order to do their work? They could be putting your organization at risk, and the team at Specops Software decided to see for sure. [...]
Cisco fixes bug that lets attackers execute commands as root

Cisco has addressed severe vulnerabilities in the Cisco Nexus Dashboard data center management solution that can let remote attackers execute commands and perform actions with root or Administrator privileges. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-fixes-bug-that-lets-attackers-execute-commands-as-root/
Atlassian fixes critical Confluence hardcoded credentials flaw

Atlassian has patched a critical hardcoded credentials vulnerability in Confluence Server and Data Center that could let remote, unauthenticated attackers log into vulnerable, unpatched servers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atlassian-fixes-critical-confluence-hardcoded-credentials-flaw/
New Redeemer ransomware version promoted on hacker forums

A threat actor is promoting a new version of their free-to-use 'Redeemer' ransomware builder on hacker forums, offering unskilled threat actors an easy entry to the world of encryption-backed extortion attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-redeemer-ransomware-version-promoted-on-hacker-forums/
Microsoft resumes default blocking of Office macros after updating docs

Microsoft announced today that it resumed the rollout of VBA macro auto-blocking in downloaded Office documents after temporarily rolling it back earlier this month following user feedback. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-resumes-default-blocking-of-office-macros-after-updating-docs/
Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
New Redeemer ransomware version promoted on hacker forums

A threat actor is promoting a new version of their free-to-use 'Redeemer' ransomware builder on hacker forums, offering unskilled threat actors an easy entry to the world of encryption-backed extortion attacks. [...]
Microsoft Teams outage also takes down Microsoft 365 services

What initially started like a minor Microsoft Teams outage has also taken down multiple Microsoft 365 services with Teams integration, including Exchange Online, Windows 365, and Office Online. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-outage-also-takes-down-microsoft-365-services/
Windows 11 now blocks RDP brute-force attacks by default

Recent Windows 11 builds now come with the Account Lockout Policy policy enabled by default which will automatically lock user accounts (including Administrator accounts) after 10 failed sign-in attempts for 10 minutes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-now-blocks-rdp-brute-force-attacks-by-default/