MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive.

Talos team at Cisco Systems has re… Continue reading MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware

nishang – PowerShell For Penetration Testing

Nishang is a framework and collection of scripts and payloads which enables usage of PowerShell for penetration testing, offensive security and red teaming. Nishang is useful during all phases of penetration testing. Usage Import all the scripts in the… Continue reading nishang – PowerShell For Penetration Testing

Microsoft Patches 5 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in the Wild

Microsoft has released its monthly Patch Tuesday update including a total of 10 security bulletin, and you are required to apply the whole package of patches altogether, whether you like it or not.

That’s because the company is kicking off a controver… Continue reading Microsoft Patches 5 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in the Wild

Hackers Selling Unpatched Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Exploit for $90,000

How much a Windows zero-day exploit that affects all versions of Windows operating system costs on the black market?

It’s $95,000, at least, for the one recently spotted by security researchers.

Researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs team have unco… Continue reading Hackers Selling Unpatched Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Exploit for $90,000

Is that a VPN I see before me? [Chet Chat Podcast 239]

After a short break due to travel committments, the Chet Chat is back…enjoy! Continue reading Is that a VPN I see before me? [Chet Chat Podcast 239]

SamParser – Parse SAM Registry Hives With Python

SamParser is a Python script used to parse SAM registry hives for both users and groups, it’s only dependency is python-registry. This would be a great little script to write into another toolset or larger attack pattern, especially if you’re already using a Python kit or framework. Dependencies [crayon-571e6ad8ed756919757720/] Usage…

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Apple Will Not Patch Windows QuickTime Vulnerabilities

Much like Adobe Flash, QuickTime from Apple is a bit of a relic some pretty serious, remote code execution type Windows QuickTime Vulnerabilities were recently discovered by Trend Micro. Apple has officially stated that they won’t be fixing them and the official line on this, is to uninstall QuickTime. I guess a lot of people […]

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Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death Gets QR Code

If you are a Microsoft’s Windows user, you may have encountered the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

The Blue Screen of Death generally appears when Windows encounters any critical error due to software or hardware issues, displaying a sad face and no information other than “Your PC ran into a problem.”

However, now the company is apparently giving its infamous Blue Screen of Death

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Enable this New Setting to Secure your Computer from Macro-based Malware

Do you deal with MS Word files on the daily basis?

If yes, then are you aware that even opening a simple doc file could compromise your system?

It is a matter to think that the virus does not directly affect you, but it is you who let the virus carr… Continue reading Enable this New Setting to Secure your Computer from Macro-based Malware