Security News > 2025 > April > PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware

2025-04-09 08:04
Microsoft has revealed that a now-patched security flaw impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) was exploited as a zero-day in ransomware attacks aimed at a small number of targets. "The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United States, the financial sector in Venezuela, a Spanish software company, and the retail sector in
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