One of the hot topics this month was a future installation change for Windows 11. Regardless of where they come from, we need to be ready to combat this potential wave of attacks through careful preparation and management of all cybersecurity measures. They’ve also posted an alert with the technical details associated with the Ukrainian attack I mentioned previously. Similar to when Covid hit, there are already phishing attacks to make the most of an emotional situation, such as under the guise “Help Fund Ukraine.” The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is clearly responding to heightened activity and has added 95 known exploited vulnerabilities to their catalog which now totals 478. These attacks are continuing, and experts are predicting there will be spillover attacks beyond Ukraine related directly to sanctions and other opportunistic hacker groups. They also reported that these attacks were tightly focused and not widespread like the 2017 NotPetya worldwide assault. Microsoft reported they detected a newly discovered malware named Foxblade involved in major attacks against the Ukrainian critical infrastructure. The news headlines are full of reports on extensive electronic attacks prior to the actual physical invasion. The breakout of war between Russia and Ukraine provides a new perspective on the future of cyberwarfare and security. Little did we know the security environment could change so much in one month - after an easy set of updates in February, we need to provide heightened awareness this month, installing security updates quickly and efficiently. After the reissuing of updates in January, we expected fewer CVEs would be addressed as Microsoft focused on stable updates in February, but this was unprecedented. Not only did we see record low numbers of vulnerabilities addressed across all of Microsoft’s operating systems, but we also saw for the first time in my experience that all the updates were only rated Important. February 2022 Patch Tuesday was an anomaly.
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