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Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:39:38 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4878 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSA18-01 on February 2, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe the in wild attack is targeted and it impacts limited windows users….

Security Sophos

February 2, 2018 admin

Intercept X: the executive’s view

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:02:25 +0000

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MalwareBytes Security

February 2, 2018 admin

New Mac cryptominer distributed via a MacUpdate hack

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:20:01 +0000

A new Mac cryptocurrency miner, called OSX.CreativeUpdate, was being distributed from the MacUpdate website, in the guise of known apps such as Firefox.

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Tags: cryptominer cryptomining mac mac malware MacUpdate Platypus

MalwareBytes Security

February 2, 2018 admin

GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits (updated)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:43:52 +0000

Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware.

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Tags: exploit kits gandcrab gandcrab ransomware grandsoft ransomware RIG

Fortinet Security

February 2, 2018 admin

Satori Adds Known Exploit Chain to Enslave Wireless IP Cameras

Credit to Author: David Maciejak, Jasper Manuel and Rommel Joven| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:34:59 +0000

Satori, a Mirai based IoT bot, has been one of the most actively updated exploits in recent months. It is believed that the hacker behind this bot is also the author of other Mirai variants, known as Okiru, and Masuta. FortiGuard Labs researchers recently observed a new Satori version that had added a known exploit chain (one which had been used in the past by the Persirai bot) to enable it to spread to vulnerable devices, particularly, wireless IP cameras that run a vulnerable custom version of the GoAhead web server.

Kaspersky Security

February 2, 2018 admin

Reminder: Update Sentinel drivers

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:22:17 +0000

Researchers at our ICS CERT discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the Sentinel solution, so users are advised to update the drivers immediately

Security TrendMicro

February 2, 2018 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 29, 2018

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:37:00 +0000

Late last year, Trend Micro introduced its Security Predictions for 2018. One of the predictions stated that digital extortion will be at the core of most cybercriminals’ business model. It’s much more than just ransomware – it is the most successful criminal business model in the current threat landscape. Valuable information is accessible throughout corporate…

MalwareBytes Security

February 2, 2018 admin

Ransomware’s difficult second album

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at the difficulties faced by ransomware authors as they try to adapt and evolve to the next form of stealthier Bitcoin hoarding: cryptocurrency mining.

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Tags: bitcoins coins crypto cryptocurrency cryptomining malware miners mining ransomware

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