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

Attacks on Russian Government Orgs Exploit Recent Microsoft Office Zero-Day

U.S. Issues Conti Alert as Second Farming Cooperative Hit by Ransomware

A New Bug in Microsoft Windows Could Let Hackers Easily Install a Rootkit (https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/a-new-bug-in-microsoft-windows-could.html)

New Android Malware Targeting US, Canadian Users with COVID-19 Lures (https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/new-android-malware-targeting-us.html)

Hackers are scanning for VMware CVE-2021-22005 targets, patch now!

 

Story Links:

https://www.securityweek.com/attacks-russian-government-orgs-exploit-recent-microsoft-office-zero-day (https://www.securityweek.com/attacks-russian-government-orgs-exploit-recent-microsoft-office-zero-day)

https://www.securityweek.com/us-issues-conti-alert-second-farming-cooperative-hit-ransomware (https://www.securityweek.com/us-issues-conti-alert-second-farming-cooperative-hit-ransomware)

https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/a-new-bug-in-microsoft-windows-could.html (https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/a-new-bug-in-microsoft-windows-could.html)

https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/new-android-malware-targeting-us.html (https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/new-android-malware-targeting-us.html)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-scanning-for-vmware-cve-2021-22005-targets-patch-now/ (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-scanning-for-vmware-cve-2021-22005-targets-patch-now/)

 

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