Monthly Archives: May 2022

Threat Advisory – May 12-18

Microsoft Defender

CySec news Microsoft has reminded customers today that Windows Server, version 20H2, will be reaching the end of service (EOS) on August 9, 2022. In a support document published today, Microsoft says that Windows Server 20H2 will reach the mainstream support end date for Datacenter Core and Standard Core users. Reference: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-server-20h2-reaches-end-of-service-in-august/   NVIDIA has […]

Threat Advisory – May 5-11

Patch-Tuesday Windows

CySec News Today is Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities, with one actively exploited, and a total of 75 flaws. Of the 75 vulnerabilities fixed in today’s update, eight are classified as ‘Critical’ as they allow remote code execution or elevation of privileges. The actively exploited zero-day vulnerability fixed […]

Threat Advisory – APRIL 28 – MAY 4

Microsoft Windows Security Binary

CYSEC NEWS This article demonstrates a flaw that allows attackers to bypass a Windows security mechanism which protects anti-malware products from various forms of attack. This is of particular interest because we build and maintain two anti-malware products that benefit from this protection. Reference: https://elastic.github.io/security-research/whitepapers/2022/02/02.sandboxing-antimalware-products-for-fun-and-profit/article/# A new Onyx ransomware operation is destroying files larger than […]