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Petya-esque ransomware is spreading across the world

June 27, 2017 admin cybercrime, EternalBlue, exploit, Germany, malware, malwarebytes labs, NotPetya, Petrwrap, Petya, ransomware, SMB, spreading, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, WannaCry, WannaCrypt, WannaCryptor

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:26:29 +0000

Ringing in with echoes of WannaCry, Petya (or Petrwrap, NotPetya), is a new ransomware strain outbreak affecting many users around the world.

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Stealing Windows credentials using Google Chrome

May 23, 2017 admin Adylkuzz, chrome, cybercrime, Exploits, microsoft authentication, ransomware, scf, Shell Command File, SMB, WanaCrypt, Windows Explorer

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:00:26 +0000

This article explains how Chrome users are at risk of spilling their Microsoft Authentication credentials by simply visiting the wrong site.

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Tags: Adylkuzz chrome microsoft authentication ransomware scf Shell Command File SMB WanaCrypt Windows Explorer

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Security Sophos

WannaCry: how the attack happened

May 19, 2017 admin Corporate, microsoft windows, ransomware, Shadow Brokers, SMB, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 15:52:45 +0000

Delving deeper into WannaCry, Sophos CTO Joe Levy dissects the outbreak and gives his technical tips on what to do now.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=34403&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qE9g5L3SHPg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>