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Microsoft Makes Third Attempt at Fixing Old Stuxnet Flaw

04

Aug

2017

One of the patches released by Microsoft as part of its June 2017 security updates represents the company’s third attempt at patching an old vulnerability exploited by the notorious Stuxnet worm in 2010. The initial vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2010-2568, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system using specially crafted shortcut files […]

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12 signs you’ve been hacked — and how to fight back

02

Aug

2017

In today’s threatscape, anti-malware software provides little peace of mind. In fact, anti-malware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old. After all, malicious hackers and malware can change their tactics at will. Swap a few bytes around, and a previously recognized malware program becomes unrecognizable. To combat […]

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Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry

28

Jun

2017

The attackers behind today’s global ransomware outbreak are spreading the malware using a modified version of the leaked NSA EternalBlue exploit and two Windows utilities to move laterally on local networks, adding layers of complexity to this attack to where it could dwarf WannaCry in short order. Unlike WannaCry, this new ransomware sample contains no […]

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