ETERNALBLUE

UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enablerUNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

WannaCry and NotPetya, probably two most damaging cyberattacks in recent history, were both only made possible because of EternalBlue. Here…

2 years ago
ETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking toolsETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking tools

ETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking tools

Over 270,000 connected devices run vulnerable implementations of UPnP, threat actors are attempting to recruit them in a multi-purpose botnet.…

7 years ago
Cracked Windows installations are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit codeCracked Windows installations are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit code

Cracked Windows installations are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit code

According to Avira, hundreds of thousands of unpatched Windows systems are serially infected with EternalBlue exploit code. The EternalBlue, is the alleged…

7 years ago
Wannacry outbreak anniversary: the EternalBlue exploit even more popular nowWannacry outbreak anniversary: the EternalBlue exploit even more popular now

Wannacry outbreak anniversary: the EternalBlue exploit even more popular now

WannaCry ransomware outbreak anniversary - According to researchers from ESET, the popularity of EternalBlue increase significantly over the past months.…

7 years ago
Mining Smominru botnet used NSA exploit to infect more than 526,000 systemsMining Smominru botnet used NSA exploit to infect more than 526,000 systems

Mining Smominru botnet used NSA exploit to infect more than 526,000 systems

Researchers from Proofpoint discovered a huge botnet dubbed 'Smominru' that is using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them…

7 years ago
Fileless cryptocurrency miner CoinMiner uses NSA EternalBlue exploit to spreadFileless cryptocurrency miner CoinMiner uses NSA EternalBlue exploit to spread

Fileless cryptocurrency miner CoinMiner uses NSA EternalBlue exploit to spread

A new fileless miner dubbed CoinMiner appeared in the wild, it uses NSA EternalBlue exploit and WMI tool to spread. A…

8 years ago
APT28 hackers are leveraging NSA Hacking tool to spy on Hotels guestsAPT28 hackers are leveraging NSA Hacking tool to spy on Hotels guests

APT28 hackers are leveraging NSA Hacking tool to spy on Hotels guests

According to FireEye, the notorious Russia-linked APT28 group is behind an ongoing campaign targeting hotels in several European countries. According…

8 years ago
Microsoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conferenceMicrosoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conference

Microsoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conference

Microsoft has announced that the SMBv1 SMBloris bug described at DEF CON won't be patched because it could be fixed…

8 years ago
DEF CON Talk Will Expose The Latest SMB Vulnerability SMBLorisDEF CON Talk Will Expose The Latest SMB Vulnerability SMBLoris

DEF CON Talk Will Expose The Latest SMB Vulnerability SMBLoris

Security researchers at RiskSense have identified a 20-year-old Windows SMB vulnerability they are calling SMBloris, a DEF CON Talk Will…

8 years ago
Eternal Blues scanner allowed to find 50,000 EternalBlue-vulnerable hostEternal Blues scanner allowed to find 50,000 EternalBlue-vulnerable host

Eternal Blues scanner allowed to find 50,000 EternalBlue-vulnerable host

The Eternal Blues scanner allowed administrators worldwide to discover more than 50,000 computers vulnerable to the NSA-linked EternalBlue exploit. Recently the…

8 years ago