{"id":2299,"date":"2024-10-13T11:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in-espionage-campaign-targeting-uae-and-gulf\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:11:44","slug":"oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in-espionage-campaign-targeting-uae-and-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in-espionage-campaign-targeting-uae-and-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"OilRig Exploits Windows Kernel Flaw in Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE and Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region.<br \/>\n&#8220;The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting vulnerabilities\u00a0The Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region.<br \/>\n&#8220;The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting vulnerabilities\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region. &#8220;The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in-espionage-campaign-targeting-uae-and-gulf\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OilRig Exploits Windows Kernel Flaw in Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE and Gulf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}