Overview On March 9, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the March security update patch, which fixed 71 security issues, involving Windows, Exchange Server, Remote Desktop Client, Azure, etc., including privilege escalation, remote code execution and other high-risk vulnerability types. Among the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft’s update this month, there are 3 critical vulnerabilities and […]

In early March, NSFOCUS Cloud Scrubbing SOC team discovered that one of our customers in Latin America suffered a volumetric, multi-vector distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. NSFOCUS Cloud DPS prevented this attack successfully. The captured entire attack and defense process is as follows: March 3, 10:00 a.m. GMT+8 NSFOCUS cloud-based Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA) detected a […]

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that a security researcher disclosed a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847) in the Linux kernel. Due to a flaw in the correct initialization of the copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel, an attacker can overwrite the data in any readable file by exploiting this vulnerability, thereby escalating ordinary […]

Intro This article cuts into 5G from the key technologies of 5G networks and discusses the security risks facing 5G networks. Today, 5G networks have achieved performance goals, namely high speed, low latency, and large capacity, and have started a new chapter for communications between mobile devices. Further, 5G will also empower vertical industries such […]

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Spring released a report to fix the Spring Cloud Gateway code injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-22947). Due to a flaw in the Actuator endpoint of Spring Cloud Gateway, when a user enables and exposes an insecure Gateway Actuator endpoint, Applications using Spring Cloud Gateway are vulnerable to code injection attacks. Unauthenticated […]

Intro 2021 witnessed a complex and changeable network security situation. Large-scale and targeted cyber attacks continue to grow. Critical information infrastructure is still the hardest hit area. Data leakages and industrial supply chain attacks occur frequently. While emerging technologies such as Big Data, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Payment boost the transformation and […]

Background Since 2022, the relationship between Russia and Ukraine has become increasingly tense. The two sides are at loggerheads and have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries. However, since entering the 21st century, war is not limited to armed actions, but happens in other […]

Intro The world of cybersecurity is rapidly changing and technologies continue to evolve and innovate. While emerging technologies on big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, mobile payment, just name a few, are helping digital transformation, new security risks expose constantly. Security incidents handled by NSFOCUS emergency response team in 2021 reaches 438, an increase […]

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS Security Labs captured a large number of phishing files against Ukraine in format of pdf, doc, cpl, lnk and other types. After analysis, we confirmed that the series of phishing activities came from the APT group Lorec53. During the period from the end of 2021 to February 2022, this group used multiple […]

Overview On February 9, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the February security update patch, which fixed 48 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Dynamics, and Azure, including privilege escalation and remote code execution. and other high-risk vulnerability types. Among the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft’s monthly update this month, […]