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Worms deliver cryptomining malware to web servers

May 30, 2019 admin Apache, Cryptojacking, cryptomining, Neutrino, Rat, Server, SophosLabs Uncut, Tomcat2, worm

Credit to Author: Vikas Singh| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 13:00:08 +0000

An automated attack, targeting poorly-protected Apache Tomcat servers, turns enterprise hardware into a high-end cryptominer<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NXX1H4BUrTk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft pushes patch to prevent ‘WannaCry level’ vulnerability

May 23, 2019 admin cybercrime, exploit, Exploits, patching, RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, Vulnerability, WannaCry, Windows 7, Windows 8, windows server 2003, windows server 2008, Windows XP, worm

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:57:16 +0000

This month marks two years since the infamous WannaCry attack. Now a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability has been discovered that could be used in a similar large-scale attack—though Microsoft has released a patch. Have you updated yet?

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Microsoft pushes patch to prevent ‘WannaCry’ level vulnerability

May 15, 2019 admin cybercrime, exploit, Exploits, patching, RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, Vulnerability, WannaCry, Windows 7, Windows 8, windows server 2003, windows server 2008, Windows XP, worm

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:57:16 +0000

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New ‘Under the Radar’ report examines modern threats and future technologies

December 5, 2018 admin apac, Artificial Intelligence, behavioral detection, blocking at delivery, emea, emotet, EternalBlue, Exploits, fileless, fileless malware, future of cybercrime, malicious spam, Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes news, Powershell, report, SamSam, sorebrect, Texas, trickbot, under the radar, web blocking, web protection, worm

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:01:44 +0000

Malwarebytes released a new report called “Under the Radar: The Future of Undetected Malware” that takes a look at current threats using next generation tricks, and how current security technologies stand up to these threats, as well as the threats to come.

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Link (.lnk) to Ransom

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, detect ransomware, macro malware, OneDrive backup, prevent ransomware, ransomware, ransomware detection, ransomware prevention, ransomware recovery, recover from ransomware attack, spam email infection vector, Windows Defender, worm, worm-like ransomware, wormable ransomware

We are alerting Windows users of a new type of ransomware that exhibits worm-like behavior. This ransom leverages removable and network drives to propagate itself and affect more users. We detect this ransomware as Ransom:Win32/ZCryptor.A. Infection vector Ransom:Win32/ZCryptor.A is distributed through the spam email infection vector. It also gets installed in your machine through…