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Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

June 3, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Armor, Eternal Blue, gandcrab, Joe Stewart, microsoft windows, national security agency, PCRisk.com, Robbinhood ransomware, robinhkjn, The New York Times, Twitter, Valery

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:16:11 +0000

For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as “Robbinhood.” Media publications have cited sources saying the Robbinhood version that hit Baltimore city computers was powered by “Eternal Blue,” a hacking tool developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. But new analysis suggests that while Eternal Blue could have been used to spread the infection, the Robbinhood malware itself contains no traces of it.

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Quick Heal supports the Windows 10 May 2019 Update

May 21, 2019 admin microsoft windows, Windows update

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 06:45:53 +0000

As part of the Windows 10 Updates, Microsoft has now come up with a new update for Windows 10 PCs. It’s called Windows 10 19H1 (Windows 10 May 2019 Update). This post lists down some of the highlights of this particular update and Quick Heal’s compatibility with the OS. Highlights…

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Windows IoT Core explotable vía Ethernet

March 11, 2019 admin Actualidad, IoT, microsoft windows, vulnerabilidad

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:56:07 +0000

La versión de Windows para Internet de las Cosas (IoT) es vulnerable a un exploit que podría permitir que un atacante tomara el control completo del sistema, según una presentación dada por una empresa de seguridad este fin de semana. En el WOPR Summit en New Jersey, Dor Azouri, un experto en seguridad de SafeBreach, […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/iGtiCM6qcE0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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CVE-2018-8440 – Task Scheduler ALPC Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

September 12, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8440, exploit, microsoft windows, Security, windows

Credit to Author: Sameer Patil| Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:30:14 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-8440 in Windows Task Scheduler enables attackers to perform a privilege elevation on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8440 on September 11, 2018 to address this issue. According to Microsoft, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context…

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Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition

August 15, 2018 admin Flash Player 30.0.0.154, Flash Player update, Foreshadow bug, Ivanti, Jimmy Graham, microsoft windows, Patch Tuesday August 2018, Qualys, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:52:21 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft pushed 17 updates to fix at least 60 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including two “zero-day” flaws that attackers were already exploiting before Microsoft issued patches to fix them.

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CVE-2018-4990 – Adobe Reader Double Free (Zero Day) vulnerability alert!

May 16, 2018 admin adobe, Adobe Reader, HeapSpray, JavaScript, malware, microsoft windows, PDF, ROP, Vulnerability, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 13:10:48 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4990 in Adobe Reader enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSB18-09 on May 14, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the in-wild attack is targeted and it impacts limited Windows users. Vulnerable versions…

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CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

May 10, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8174, exploit, Internet Explorer, microsoft windows, RCE, Security patch, VBScript, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8174 on May 8, 2018, to address this issue. According to Microsoft, it impacts most of the Windows Operating Systems. Vulnerable versions Windows 7 x86 and x64 versions Windows…

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CVE-2018-8174 : Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

May 10, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8174, exploit, Internet Explorer, microsoft windows, RCE, Security patch, VBScript, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000