Update 6/28/17 19:21 CST: After further analysis of the encryption used by Petya/ExPetr/NotPetya, Kaspersky concludes that “malware campaign was not designed as a ransomware attack for financial gain. Instead, it appears it was designed as a wiper pretending to be […]
Developers of Samba have discovered a 7-year old critical vulnerability [CVE-2017-7494]. According to the published advisory, “All versions of Samba from 3.5.0 onwards are vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared […]
Update 5/12/17 19:30 CST: ‘Accidental hero‘ (kudos @MalwareTechBlog) finds kill switch to stop spread of ransomware cyber-attack. – Even though the domain has been sinkholed stopping the spread of infections, new variants of wormable ransomware campaigns are only to be […]
Update 4/26/17 :Due to requests for DOUBLEPULSAR scanning, we put together a page where you can check if you’re affected. Please patch, and adjust your firewall rules! Research from multiple independents have discovered a steady rise in infections around the […]