Microsoft Announces New Deadlines for Windows Updates

A July 4 deadline for Windows users who have not updated their systems is fast approaching. It was only two weeks ago that a two-week-old security vulnerability found in Windows was found to have been reactivated. Despite Microsoft’s claim that CVE-2024-26169 is not exploitable, Symantec’s security researchers believe otherwise, finding “some evidence” that attackers might have prepared an exploit for the CVE-2024-26169 vulnerability before patching the vulnerability. 

As of last month, several U.S. government agencies – including CISA and the FBI – have collaborated on a Cybersecurity Alert which warns that “Black Basta affiliates have compromised a wide range of critical infrastructure, businesses, and industries throughout North America, Europe and Australia.”

There are over 500 organizations in the world that have been affected by Black Basta affiliates in the year 2024. 

Several organizations have released the joint CSA, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), to provide information regarding the Black Basta attacks, which are referred to hereafter as the authoring organizations. A variant of ransomware known as Black Basta has encrypted and stolen data from at least 12 out of 16 critical infrastructure sectors, including the Healthcare and Public Health

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