Cybercrime, WannaCry is back and ransomware infections are surging
CheckPoint cybersecurity experts trace new samples of the malware. It still uses the EternalBlue exploit to propagate.
Cybercrime, Purple Fox is now spread as a worm
Guardicore cybersecurity experts: The malware uses indiscriminate port scanning and exploitation of exposed SMB services with weak passwords and hashes.
Cybercrime, new Golang worm drops XMRig cryptominer on Linux-Windows
Intezer cybersecurity experts: The malware can easily maneuver from one platform to the other, and it targets public facing services.
Cybercrime, Gitpaste-12 is back with more exploits and targets
Juniper Networks cybersecurity experts: The malware, a worm, is hosted in a new GitHub repository. It attacks Windows, Linux, IoT devices and more.
Cybercrime, here it comes the Gitpaste-12 worm
Juniper Threat Labs cybersecurity experts: the malware uses GitHub and Pastebin for housing component code and has at least 12 different attack modules available.
Cybercrime, WHS Rat is spread with SlimPDF reader
The lure is a fake CV attached in a mail. If the victim opens it, it asks to install the reader. Meanwhile Meanwhile, a JS activates the malware infection chain.
Iran, the launch of the Zafar satellite may have failed due to a cyber attack
US accuses Tehran of using the space program as an excuse to develop military ballistics. In addition, the country in recent days has suffered a mysterious cyber offensive.
Cybercrime, Smominru botnet is spreading and it’s stronger
Guardicore Labs cyber security experts: Only in August the malware infected over 90,000 machines worldwide. It exploits brute force and EternalBlue for cryptomining.
Avast cooperates with France and FBI to stop Retadup cryptomining worm
The cyber security experts: The malware controlled over 850,000 computers, mainly in Latin America, to create Monero; but the cybercrime C&C servers were in Paris Region and USA.
Cyber Security, the Beapy cryptojacking campaign targets enterprises in China
Symantec: It’s a file-based malware, that uses a new EternalBlue variant. Cybercrime initial infection vector are email with malicious attachments.