{"id":7105,"date":"2023-09-20T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2023-09-22T08:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:00:59","slug":"cyber-attack-risk-follina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/cyber-security-news\/cyber-attack-risk-follina\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Attack Risk: Follina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On 27th of May, 2022, a Remote Code Execution vulnerability (Follina) was identified relating to the <strong>Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) tool.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The vulnerability is actively exploited by Cyber criminals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Security patch made available on May 30th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending emails with a malicious attachment (Office, RTF, XML and HTML documents)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Vulnerabilit\u00e0 Follina\" class=\"wp-image-4565\" style=\"width:512px;height:512px\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/POST-LINKEDIN-3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-risks-and-solutions\">Risks and Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Follina vulnerability could be exploited, already in the next few weeks, by many criminal groups and Malware operators to compromise Italian company systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These often use <strong>Office documents<\/strong> as a tool for system compromise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This way, criminals could bypass defensive technological solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Probable increase in abuse of the MSDT tool for Malware and <strong>Phishing<\/strong> attacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to protect and how to react<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The identification of this type of compromise can occur on different levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>from email protection systems: AntiSpam and AntiMalware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>from Antivirus and EDR solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>from Log Monitoring and SIEM systems solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortgale recommends performing proactive threat hunting activities to identify this type of compromise potentially undetected by the systems mentioned above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose the solution that best fit your company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/fortgale.com\/mdr\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risks and Solutions How to protect and how to react The identification of this type of compromise can occur on different levels: Fortgale recommends performing proactive threat hunting activities to identify this type of compromise potentially undetected by the systems mentioned above. 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