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Windows BlueKeep RDP Attacks Are Here, Infecting with Miners

The BlueKeep remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Services is currently exploited in the wild. Vulnerable machines exposed to the web are apparently compromised for cryptocurrency mining purposes. […]

The Week in Ransomware – November 1st 2019 – A Mix of Good and Bad

This week has been a mix of good and bad news. The bad news is that ransomware disrupted legal work and court cases through the TrialWorks infection, schools having to shut down, and new campaigns targeting Italy. The good news, though, is that we have had two decryptors released that allow Paradise and Ouroboros Ransomware victims […]

Office 365 Phishing Campaign Baits Employees with Pay Raises

Pay raises were used by scammers to bait employees in a recent phishing campaign that tried to trick them into handing out their Microsoft Office 365 account credentials. […]

US MS-ISAC Releases the October List of End of Support Software

The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) of the Center for Internet Security has a released the October 2019 list of of software that is currently in or nearing end of support. […]

Media Giant Nikkei Loses $29 Million to BEC Scammers

Publishing giant Nikkei lost roughly 29 million dollars after an employee of the Nikkei America subsidiary was tricked by scammers to send the funds to a bank account they controlled. […]

Media Giant Nikkei Losses $29 Million to BEC Scammers

Publishing giant Nikkei lost roughly 29 million dollars after an employee of the Nikkei America subsidiary was tricked by scammers to send the funds to a bank account they controlled. […]

GandCrab RaaS Was a Training Ground for Malware Distributors

GandCrab operators changed the ransomware business from the ground up, establishing a model that is embraced and continued by other cybercriminals. […]

Chrome Zero-Day Bug with Exploit in the Wild Gets A Patch

Google on Thursday night started to roll out an update for Chrome that patches two use-after-free vulnerabilities, one of them having at least one exploit in the wild. […]

Microsoft Shares Solutions for Windows TLS Failures, Timeouts

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue affecting several Windows versions that could lead to Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections intermittently failing or getting timed out. […]

Discord Abused to Spread Malware and Harvest Stolen Data

Malware developers and attackers are abusing the Discord chat service by using it to host their malware, act as command and control servers, or by modifying the chat client to perform malicious behavior. […]