Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2017
The tech giant Cisco announced an investigating on the potential impact of WannaCry malware on its products. Recent massive WannaCry ransomware attack highlighted the importance of patch management for any organization and Internet users. Another Tech giant, Cisco announced it is investigating the potential impact of WannaCry malware on its products, especially on its solutions that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2017
Security experts at ProofPoint security discovered that many machines can’t be infected by WannaCry because they have been already infected by Adylkuzz. The recent WannaCry ransomware attack wasn’t the first to use the NSA-linked EternalBlue and DoublePulsar hacking tools. Proofpoint researchers have discovered that the cryptocurrency miner Adylkuzz, was the first threat that used the EternalBlue exploit to trigger […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2017
Last Friday, a weaponized version of an NSA exploit was used to infect over two hundred thousand computers in over 150 countries with the WannaCry ransomware. In addition to government ministries and transportation infrastructure, the British National Health Service (NHS) was crippled, disrupting treatment and care for thousands of patients, and putting countless lives at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2017
APT32 is a new APT group discovered by security experts at FireEye that is targeting Vietnamese interests around the globe. The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group. The hackers targeting organizations across multiple industries and have also targeted foreign governments, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2017
In the IT security community several experts start linking the WannaCry ransomware to the Lazarus Group due to similarities in the attack codes. The security researcher at Google Neel Mehta published a mysterious tweet using the #WannaCryptAttribution hashtag. What did he mean? 9c7c7149387a1c79679a87dd1ba755bc @ 0x402560, 0x40F598ac21c8ad899727137c4b94458d7aa8d8 @ 0x10004ba0, 0x10012AA4#WannaCryptAttribution — Neel Mehta (@neelmehta) May 15, 2017 According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2017
The number of victims would rise on Monday when a large number of users will be back at work, then how to protect your systems from the WannaCry ransomware. The massive WannaCry attack targeted systems worldwide, according to the Europol the number of cyber attack hits 200,000 in at least 150 countries. The number of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2017
Currently we are seeing a large scale WannaCry ransomware outbreak. This ransomware outbreak is more devastating than others because it spreads laterally. Enjoy the RedSocks ‘s analysis. Who does it affect: Any Windows computer without Windows Patch MS17-010. What to do: Apply patch MS17-010 immediately. MS17-010 The key factor in the ‘success’ of this malware strain called […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2017
Microsoft issued security patches for Windows XP and Server 2003 in response to the WannaCry ransomware attacks. On Friday, the WannaCry ransomware infected systems at organizations and critical infrastructure across at least 74 countries leveraging NSA exploits, at least 120,000 computers worldwide have been hit in a few hours. The WannaCry exploits the NSA EternalBlue / […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2017
The WannaCry ransomware worm infected systems at organizations and critical infrastructure across at least 74 countries leveraging NSA exploits. Experts discovered a Kill Switch for the threat. It was a Black Friday for cyber security, organizations and critical infrastructure across at least 74 countries have been infected by the WannaCry ransomware worm, aka WanaCrypt, WannaCrypt or Wcry. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2017
WannaCry ransomware attack is infecting systems in dozens of countries leveraging NSA exploit codes leaked by the hacker group Shadow Brokers. A Massive ransomware attack targets UK hospitals and Spanish banks, the news was confirmed by Telefónica that was one of the numerous victims of the malicious campaign. The newspaper El Pais reported the massive attack, experts at […]
