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A cybercrime group has been exploiting a Microsoft SmartScreen zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-24880 to deliver the Magniber ransomware.
March 14, 2023 By Eduard Kovacs
A cybercrime group has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft SmartScreen security feature to deliver the Magniber ransomware, Google warned on Tuesday.
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-24880, has been exploited since at least January. The internet giant’s researchers reported their findings to Microsoft on February 15 and a fix has been released with Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday updates.
The SmartScreen feature is designed to protect users against phishing and malware, including by flagging potentially malicious files downloaded from the web.
