New Delhi, April 13 (Ians) Microsoft has fixed a zero-day vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Windows, which experts say hackers exploited to launch ransomware attacks, a new report said on Thursday.
In February, researchers discovered an attack using a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Common Log File System (Clfs). A cybercriminal group used an exploit developed for different versions and builds of Windows Os, including Windows 11 and attempted to deploy a Nokoyawa ransomware attack, according to the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
Microsoft assigned ‘Cve-2023-28252’ to the discovered zero-day bug.
Attackers used the Cve-2023-28252 vulnerability to elevate privileges and steal credentials from the Security Account Manager (Sam) database.
While most of the vulnerabilities are used by APTs (Advanced Persistent Threat), the researchers stated that this one turned out to be exploited for cybercrime purposes by a sophisticated group that carries out ransomware attacks.
“Cybercrime groups are becoming increasingly more sophisticated...
In February, researchers discovered an attack using a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Common Log File System (Clfs). A cybercriminal group used an exploit developed for different versions and builds of Windows Os, including Windows 11 and attempted to deploy a Nokoyawa ransomware attack, according to the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
Microsoft assigned ‘Cve-2023-28252’ to the discovered zero-day bug.
Attackers used the Cve-2023-28252 vulnerability to elevate privileges and steal credentials from the Security Account Manager (Sam) database.
While most of the vulnerabilities are used by APTs (Advanced Persistent Threat), the researchers stated that this one turned out to be exploited for cybercrime purposes by a sophisticated group that carries out ransomware attacks.
“Cybercrime groups are becoming increasingly more sophisticated...
- 4/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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