Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
A stark reminder this week that 450 million Windows users must now act to ensure their PCs and data remain safe. Microsoft has provided a $12 billion solution to the problem, but it won’t protect everyone. Just make sure you’re not caught out.published a report into a previously unknown Windows vulnerability that was chained with a similarly unknown browser vulnerability to successfully attack PCs. Both threats have now been patched, and Windows users need to ensure their PCs are now updated.
In combination, “if a victim browses to a web page containing the exploit, an adversary can run arbitrary code–without any user interaction–which in this case led to the installation of RomCom’s eponymous backdoor on the victim’s PC.”RomCom is a Russia-backed cyber threat group that targets businesses for financial gain as well as likely state-sponsored or at least state-induced espionage operations.
ESET says that “from October 10, 2024, to November 4, 2024, potential victims who visited websites hosting the exploit were located mostly in Europe and America.” This attack was targeted, with up to a few hundred victims per country identified, but the threat itself has the potential to expand or to be provided to other bad actors.
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