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Outlook: Calendar entry can steal password
Outlook: Calendar entry can steal password -AI

There is a new vulnerability in Outlook and three ways to access NTLM v2 hashed passwords. Access can be done through the calendar function and double headers via calendar entry. Experts have discovered the vulnerability and are warning about it. Varonis Threat Labs discovered the new Outlook vulnerability (CVE-2023-35636) and three new ways to exploit it. This allows you to access the NTLM v2 hash passwords from Outlook, Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA) and Windows File Explorer. With access to these passwords, attackers can attempt an offline brute force attack or an authentication relay attack to compromise an account and gain access. Unpatched…

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CronRat: Linux malware is hiding in the calendar
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CronRat is a new Linux trojan that hides in the scheduled tasks. The execution date on February 31st is of course invalid, but many security programs still fail to detect it. Researchers at e-commerce security specialist Sansec have discovered a new Linux remote access Trojan (RAT) that has found an unusual way of hiding itself from most security applications on the affected servers. CronRAT, as the security researchers dubbed it, disguises itself as a planned task - with the execution date February 31. Because this date is of course invalid and does not exist, the malware succeeds in ...

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