BlueKeep ‘Mega-Worm’ Looms as Fresh PoC Shows Full System Takeover

A working exploit for the critical remote code-execution flaw shows how an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full run of a victim machine in about 22 seconds. Continue reading BlueKeep ‘Mega-Worm’ Looms as Fresh PoC Shows Full System Takeover

BlueKeep Vulnerability, Robert Graham – Paul’s Security Weekly #606

    Paul Asadoorian and Robert Graham from Errata Security show you how to search for the BlueKeep vulnerability, or CVE-2019-0708, that has been affecting hundreds of thousands of systems! You can download rdpscan from Rob’s Git repo which also … Continue reading BlueKeep Vulnerability, Robert Graham – Paul’s Security Weekly #606

One Million Devices Open to Wormable Microsoft BlueKeep Flaw

Researchers have discovered one million devices that are vulnerable to a “wormable” Microsoft flaw, which could open the door to a WannaCry-like cyberattack. Continue reading One Million Devices Open to Wormable Microsoft BlueKeep Flaw

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a “wormable” flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017.

The vulnerability (CVE-2019-0709) resides in the “remote desktop services” component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. It also is present in computers powered by Windows XP and Windows 2003, operating systems for which Microsoft long ago stopped shipping security updates. Continue reading Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003