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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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Tags: EternalBlue exploit germany malwarebytes labs NotPetya Petrwrap petya ransomware SMB spreading ukraine United Kingdom united states WannaCry WannaCrypt WannaCryptor

QuickHeal Security

June 21, 2017 admin

WannaCry’s Never Say Die Attitude Keeps It Going!

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:17:59 +0000

Over the past few months, the cybersecurity world was at buzz due to the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack. The attack was launched on a massive scale. The campaign started after the disclosure of NSA exploit leak by a hacker group called Shadow Brokers. Taking advantage of unpatched systems all over…

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Kaspersky Security

May 24, 2017 admin

Ztorg Trojan: Infect yourself for 5 cents

Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:00:04 +0000

Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.

MalwareBytes Security

May 19, 2017 admin

How did the WannaCry Ransomworm spread?

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 14:00:45 +0000

Security researchers have had a busy week since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that wreaked havoc on computers worldwide. How did it all happen?

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Tags: botnet DoublePulsar EternalBlue exploit Jaff ransomware malspam malware Necurs botnet NSA ransomware ShadowBrokers spam WannaCry WannaCrypt

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Kaspersky Security

May 13, 2017 admin

WannaCry: Are you safe?

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 01:05:41 +0000

What makes the self-replicating encryptor WannaCry so dangerous and how to prevent infection.

QuickHeal Security

April 14, 2017 admin

CVE-2017-0199 – Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:52:28 +0000

The newly discovered zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) in Microsoft Office/WordPad is being actively exploited in the wild. Almost all Microsoft Office versions are affected with this bug. To fix this vulnerability, Microsoft released a security update on April 11, 2017. Vulnerable Versions According to Microsoft, the following are the affected products…

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MalwareBytes Security

March 14, 2017 admin

A week in security (Mar 6th – Mar 12th)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:58:50 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 6th to the 12th of March. This week, we look back at Ransomware, exploit kits and Mac security myths.

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Tags: exploit mac ransomware scanner tor weekly blog roundup

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