We saw how Microsoft’s expressed relief headache ended as they released this statement “we fixed this vulnerability two months ago! If you all updated your security settings in Windows this wouldn’t be a problem! Last Friday this ransomware called ” WannaCry” created havoc across thousands of computers around the world. Unfortunately, a lot of people… Continue reading The WannaCry Woes: What it is and how to safe from all Ransomware

Microsoft released a patch in March to protect against the flaw the attack was exploiting, but only supported versions of  Windows received it. However, the WannaCrypt ransomware worm has been found to be spreading by targeting out-of-date systems, prompting Microsoft to now make the security update available for all platforms, including those receiving custom support… Continue reading Microsoft patches Windows XP to fight the WannaCrypt ransomware attacks

The hackers operating the trojan have begun launching redirection attacks to steal financial credentials.                                         By India Ashok  May 12, 2017   Hackers are targeting UK banks with a fresh wave of attacks, using what security experts consider to be one of the most… Continue reading Gootkit banking trojan targeting UK banks with fresh wave of attacks

After dumping security bulletins in April, company offers script that churns out 203-page document   May 12th 2017  By Gregg Keizer   A Microsoft manager this week offered IT administrators a way to replicate — in a fashion — the security bulletins the company discarded last month.   “If you want a report summarizing today’s… Continue reading Microsoft posts PowerShell script that spawns pseudo security bulletins

Wcry uses weapons-grade exploit published by the NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers. Dan Goodin – 5/12/2017   A highly virulent new strain of self-replicating ransomware is shutting down computers all over the world, in part by appropriating a National Security Agency exploit that was publicly released last month by the mysterious group calling itself Shadow Brokers.  … Continue reading An NSA-derived ransomware worm is shutting down computers worldwide

A major incident has been declared after NHS services across England and Scotland were hit by a large-scale cyber-attack. Staff cannot access patient data, which has been scrambled by ransomware. There is no evidence patient data has been compromised, NHS Digital has said.   The BBC understands up to 25 NHS organisations and some GP… Continue reading NHS cyber-attack: GPs and hospitals hit by ransomware

Finally things may be improving.   by Tom Spring May 11, 2017   An independent analysis of the so-called Anti Public Combo List, a dump of 562 million breached usernames and passwords, reveals a privacy silver lining. Hard to imagine, but according to an analysis of the data by Duo Labs researchers, consumers are slowly… Continue reading Anti Public Combo List Analysis Reveals Password Habits Improving

—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA256   ******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: May 11, 2017 ********************************************************************   Security Advisories Released or Updated Today ==============================================   * Microsoft Security Advisory 4021279  – Title: Vulnerabilities in .NET Core, ASP.NET Core Could Allow    Elevation of Privilege  – https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4021279.aspx  – Reason for Revision: Advisory revised to… Continue reading Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: May 11, 2017

11th May 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                                        A team of researchers from the Tandon School of Engineering at the New York University has created a method of generating fake digital fingerprints capable of unlocking random smartphones.   According to the research team, their… Continue reading Researchers Use Digitally Created Fingerprints to Unlock Smartphones

Eugene shouts back: Gimme the mic and let me testify                                   11 May 2017 at 20:33, Iain Thomson   Five US spy bosses, and the acting FBI chief, today told the Senate intelligence committee they do not trust software from Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky.   And as a result, they… Continue reading US spymasters trash Kaspersky: AV tools can’t be trusted, we’ve stuck a probe in them