BlueHammer, Forst Blizzard, and a Flowise Workflow Exploit - Blumira Briefings

About this episode

This episode covers a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, a disrupted espionage campaign by APT28, and a Flowise Workflow exploit.

Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - A critical and unpatched vulnerability, named "BlueHammer," has been publicly disclosed for Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges up to a system-level account. - A sophisticated espionage campaign, attributed to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT28 or Forest Blizzard, has been disrupted by U.S. authorities. - A...

Topics covered

• BlueHammer
• Forst Blizzard
• Flowise Workflow Exploit
• Microsoft Windows
• APT28
• cybersecurity
• espionage

Keywords

• security practice
• vulnerability
• elevated privileges
• state-sponsored hacking

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Blumira Briefings, BlueHammer, Windows, APT28, Forest Blizzard, Microsoft Windows, Flowise

Places: U.S.

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