Today's Headlines and the latest #cybernews from the desk of the #CISO:

Log4j vulnerability now used to install Dridex banking malware

Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch Recent Active Directory Vulnerabilities

FBI: Hackers are actively exploiting this flaw on ManageEngine Desktop Central servers

Secret Backdoors Found in German-made Auerswald VoIP System

T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls this year

 

Story Links:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/log4j-vulnerability-now-used-to-install-dridex-banking-malware/ (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/log4j-vulnerability-now-used-to-install-dridex-banking-malware/)

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-urges-customers-patch-recent-active-directory-vulnerabilities (https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-urges-customers-patch-recent-active-directory-vulnerabilities)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-hackers-are-actively-exploiting-this-flaw-on-manageengine-desktop-central-servers/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-hackers-are-actively-exploiting-this-flaw-on-manageengine-desktop-central-servers/)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-says-it-blocked-21-billion-scam-calls-this-year/ (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-says-it-blocked-21-billion-scam-calls-this-year/)

https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/secret-backdoors-found-in-german-made.html (https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/secret-backdoors-found-in-german-made.html)

 

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