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I am running an outdated Windows 7 and am not able to update it due to some reasons. I wanted to know how vulnerable is my Windows to WannaCry from the home wifi network connection. What would you recommend as an alternative … Continue reading How to protect from wannacry on home wifi network
The same Microsoft Windows’ software vulnerabilities that allowed the WannaCry ransomware to spread globally are now being used by a wide array of hackers to infect computers with remote access trojans, according to new research by U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye. The research serves to show just how widespread the use of “EternalBlue,” otherwise known as the MS017-010 exploit, continues to be. Although Microsoft previously issued several different software security updates for older versions of Windows, many computers remain unpatched and therefore vulnerable. The addition of the EternalBlue exploit to Metasploit, software made for penetration testing but which is also used for illegal hacking, “has made it easy for threat actors to exploit these vulnerabilities,” a FireEye blog post reads. “In the coming weeks and months, we expect to see more attackers leveraging these vulnerabilities and to spread such infections with different payloads,” the post says. According to FireEye researchers, well-known malware payloads like […]
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FireEye said threat actors are using the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit of the same Microsoft SMBv1 vulnerability as WannaCry to spread Nitol and Gh0st RAT. Continue reading EternalBlue Exploit Spreading Gh0st RAT, Nitol
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the ShadowBrokers crowdfunding attempt, errors in WannaCry, a new Wikileaks dump, last week’s Samba vulnerability, and the OneLogin breach.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a number of programming errors in the WannaCry ransomware code that put file recovery within reach of sysadmins. Continue reading WannaCry Development Errors Enable File Recovery
IBM X-Force Malware Analysis enables security teams to examine potentially problematic files, prioritize events and respond to threats quickly.
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Not a super serious article this one, but I found it very entertaining – apparently, Windows XP has a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) when faced with a WannaCry infection. There’s a very extension analysis of WannaCry here where this information comes from WannaCry: Two Weeks and 16 Million Averted Ransoms Later. Yes, WannaCrypt can […]
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Even in the absence of encrypted files, no one wants a Blue Screen of Death.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Windows XP ‘did not contribute much’ to WannaCry infection totals
Should you dive in and help with the crowdfunding move to access the data they claim they have? It’s not what we’d advise – but what do you think? Continue reading Shadow Brokers double down on zero-day subscription service
The ShadowBrokers announced details on how to subscribe to its Monthly Dump Service, which is available for 100 Zcash. Continue reading ShadowBrokers Put Price on Monthly Zero Day Leaks