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WannaCry and the Executive Order

Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 13:08:41 +0000

Last week, The White House released its long awaited Executive Order (EO), Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, ironically enough during the same week we experienced the largest single ransomware attack that, by some estimates, has affected more than 200,000 victims across 150 countries. My intentions were to highlight the EO in…

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WannaCry & The Reality Of Patching

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 00:46:55 +0000

[Editors note: For the latest WannaCry information as it relates to Trend Micro products, please read this support article.]  The WannaCry ransomware variant of 12-May-2017 has been engineered to take advantage of the most common security challenges facing large organizations today. Starting with a basic phish, this variant uses a recent vulnerability (CVE-2017-0144/MS17-010) to spread…

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SSD Advisory – Xiaomi Air Purifier 2 Firmware Update Process Vulnerability

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 13:06:52 +0000

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes an Firmware Update Process Vulnerability found in Xiaomi Air Purifier 2. Mi Air Purifier is a High performance smart air purifier (IoT) that can be controlled remotely. According to the manufacture (Xiaomi) “Monitor your home air quality in real time from absolutely anywhere when you sync with the Mi … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Xiaomi Air Purifier 2 Firmware Update Process Vulnerability

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Patching Windows XP against WannaCry ransomware

Credit to Author: Michael Horowitz| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 12:56:00 -0700

Microsoft just released a patch for Windows XP that fixes a file sharing flaw being exploited by the WannaCry ransomware. Here’s how to install it. 

You can download some versions of the patch using links at the bottom of this May 12th  Microsoft article: Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks. The full list of patch variants, including languages other than English, is in the Windows Catalog, just search for KB4012598. Windows Update does not work on XP.

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Microsoft issues first Windows XP patch in 3 years to stymie 'WannaCrypt'

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 11:00:00 -0700

Microsoft on Friday took the unprecedented step of issuing patches for long-demoted versions of Windows, including Windows XP, to immunize PCs from fast-spreading ransomware that has crippled machines worldwide.

To stymie “WannaCrypt” attacks — which encrypted files on thousands of PCs used by the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), causing chaos in many hospitals — Microsoft published patches for Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003. All had been retired from support: Windows XP in April 2014, Windows 8 in June 2016, Windows Server in July 2015.

“We are taking the highly unusual step of providing a security update for all customers to protect Windows platforms that are in custom support only, including Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003,” said Phillip Misner, a principal security group manager at the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRM), in a post to a company blog late Friday.

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