A week in security (February 17 – 23)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:32:34 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including cloud identity management, a noteworthy Twitter scam-tastrophy, RobbinHood ransomware, and more.

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Nearly half of hospital Windows systems still vulnerable to RDP bugs

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:58:46 +0000

Almost half of connected hospital devices are still exposed to the wormable BlueKeep Windows flaw nearly a year after it was announced, according to a report released this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wGhEwriWtkU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft urges us to patch after partially effective BlueKeep attack

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:58:08 +0000

Microsoft has urged people to patch their Windows systems following the appearance of mass BlueKeep exploits just over a week ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/t3L4UyESmBg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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BlueKeep Attacks seen in the wild!

Credit to Author: Sameer Patil| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:54:04 +0000

CVE-2019-0708, popularly known as BlueKeep, is a RDP pre-authentication vulnerability which allows attacker to compromise a vulnerable system without user’s interaction. This exploit is also wormable, meaning that it can spread to other vulnerable systems in a similar way as the WannaCry malware spread across the globe in 2017. Interestingly,…

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Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:05:30 +0000

The new exploit attacks show that BlueKeep will be a threat as long as systems remain unpatched, credential hygiene is not achieved, and overall security posture is not kept in check.

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Update now! Microsoft patches its Android RDP app to fix flaw

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:57:17 +0000

Microsoft has found itself with a large amount of RDP-related patching work during 2019.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fJThaqiOYmw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (July 22 – 28)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:50:58 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of July 22–28. We look at Phobos ransomware, stalkerware’s similarities to parental monitoring apps, and the investigation into Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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BlueKeep guides make imminent public exploit more likely

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:40:12 +0000

A public exploit for Microsoft’s BlueKeep vulnerability is just days away. In fact, for those with deep pockets, it’s already here.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ECYOzBCkJ4g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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