0-day And Hitlist Week -02-21-2024- _best_ -

In the cybersecurity vernacular, a refers to the specific set of high-risk vulnerabilities (usually CVSS 9.0+) that ransomware gangs and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) have automated to exploit. The week ending February 21, 2024, saw a dramatic rotation of that hitlist.

The Hitlist isn't scary because the vulnerabilities are new. It's scary because they are old, unpatched, and now targeted. 0-day and Hitlist Week -02-21-2024-

A high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) that allowed attackers to bypass "Mark of the Web" (MotW) warnings. The APT group DarkCasino (Water Hydra) exploited this to target financial traders. In the cybersecurity vernacular, a refers to the

Though disclosed in late 2023, reached its peak exploitation velocity during Week -02-21-2024- . It's scary because they are old, unpatched, and now targeted

The most aggressive zero-day of the week landed in the feature. Tracked as CVE-2024-21412 , this vulnerability allowed attackers to bypass SmartScreen protections with a CVSS score of 8.1.