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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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Independent Krebs

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003

May 14, 2019 admin CVE-2019-0708, Time to Patch, WannaCry, Windows 2003, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 17:11:34 +0000

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a “wormable” flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. The vulnerability (CVE-2019-0709) resides in the “remote desktop services” component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. It also is present in computers powered by Windows XP and Windows 2003, operating systems for which Microsoft long ago stopped shipping security updates.

QuickHeal Security

A massive security flaw discovered in Skype. Fix not coming anytime soon.

February 14, 2018 admin adobe, Adware, Android, apple, Applications, Blackberry, BYOD, Computer Security Terms, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, cyberwar, data breach, email, enterprise, Facebook, google, Hacker, Hacktivism, Infographic, iOS, LinkedIn, Location tracking, Mac OS, malware, microsoft windows, Mobile Security, news, Online privacy, Password, phishing, privacy, Safe Banking, Security, Security patch, skype, Tech Terms, Threat Report, Tips, Twitter, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, WhatsApp, WhatsApp scam, Windows XP, Youtube

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…

Independent Krebs

First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

January 27, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm jackpotting, atm logical attacks, Daniel Regalado, Diebold Nixdorf, Diebold Opteva, endoscope, FireEye, Latest Warnings, NCR Corp, Ploutus.D, The Coming Storm, U.S. Secret Service, Windows 7, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:45:08 +0000

ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States.

Security Wired

If You Still Use Windows XP, Prepare For the Worst

May 14, 2017 admin hacks, microsoft, ransomware, Security, windows, Windows XP

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:16:31 +0000

If You Still Use Windows XP, Prepare For the Worst

The spread of the WannaCry ransomware was aided in part by the millions of people stuck on Windows XP. The post If You Still Use Windows XP, Prepare For the Worst appeared first on WIRED.

Independent Krebs

Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP

May 13, 2017 admin microsoft, Other, Phillip Misner, Wana Decryptor, Wanna Decryptor, Wanna.Cry ransomware, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 13:00:06 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today took the unusual step of issuing security updates to address flaws in older, unsupported versions of Windows — including Windows XP and Windows 8. The move is a bid to slow the spread of the WanaCrypt ransomware strain that infected tens of thousands of Windows computers virtually overnight this week.