updated Wed. December 6, 2023
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The Merkle
June 8, 2017
This NSA exploit has also inspired criminals to create other nefarious tools, such as the SMB worm we discussed not too long ago.
Security.nl
June 3, 2017
De oudere WannaCry-versie verscheen voor of op 22 maart en maakte gebruik van een SMB-worm genaamd WUpdator die inloggegevens probeert te raden. Wanneer succesvol installeert de worm de WannaCry- ransomware en een Tor-client. De wormÃÂ ...
Executive People
June 2, 2017
Een vroegere variant van Wanna Decryptor (ofwel WannaCry) genaamd "Wanna Decryptor v1.0" blijkt te zijn verspreid met behulp van een credential guessing SMB-worm, meldt SecureWorks. Deze worm installeert als WUpdator / "Windows Updator" (let opÃÂ ...
BleepingComputer
June 2, 2017
... deployed with various RATs, French security research Benkow found it used for the UIWIX ransomware, and Croatian security researcher Miroslav Stampar found it bundled with six other NSA hacking tools, part of the EternalRocks SMB worm. To makeÃÂ ...
The Merkle
June 2, 2017
Keeping in mind how we have seen a recent SMB worm using a total of seven different NSA exploits, it is evident The Shadow Brokers may sit on a treasure trove of information waiting to be abused by criminals.
The Merkle
May 30, 2017
They have done exactly that, which resulted in the recent WannaCry ransomware and SMB worm attacks. Now that The Shadow Brokers have shown the world what they actually possess, the group is looking to capitalize on the momentum once again.
BleepingComputer
May 30, 2017
The kill-switch domain is a URL hard-coded inside WannaCry's source code, part of its SMB worm component, and is in reality an anti-sandbox feature and not a kill-switch domain per-se.
The Merkle
May 26, 2017
A few days ago, we highlighted a new potential threat in the form of the EternalRocks SMB worm. What makes this worm so special is how it uses seven different NSA exploits to attack users.
International Business Times UK
May 25, 2017
The cybercriminal who developed the EternalRocks SMB worm has reportedly called it quits just a week after reports of the malware first emerged.
BleepingComputer
May 25, 2017
The EternalRocks SMB worm came to light last week, discovered by Croatian security researcher Miroslav Stampar. The worm took inspiration from the SMB worm component used by the WannaCry ransomware, but it used seven NSA hacking tools, insteadÃÂ ...
Dark Reading
May 24, 2017
"It's plausible you had an aspiring cybercriminal start pulling at tools, and came across the Lazarus SMB worm" used in the Sony attack, he says.
Newburghcircle
May 20, 2017
"WannaCrypt ransomware was spread normally long before this and will be long after, what we stopped was the SMB worm variant", he said, referring to the program that affected almost a fifth of NHS Trusts in England and many businesses and governmentÃÂ ...
BleepingComputer
May 20, 2017
To infect all these computers, the WannaCry ransomware used an SMB worm that spread on its own to new computers that ran vulnerable SMB services.
BleepingComputer
May 19, 2017
Researchers have detected a new worm that is spreading via SMB, but unlike the worm component of the WannaCry ransomware, this one is using seven NSA tools instead of two.
Beveiligingswereld
May 18, 2017
Als het HTA-bestand wordt uitgevoerd, wordt de ransomware samen met een SMB-worm gedownload en uitgevoerd op de computer van het slachtoffer. De SMB-wormcomponent probeert WannaCry ransomware te verspreiden naar andere computersÃÂ ...
The Register
May 17, 2017
I looked at it - not an SMB worm. Somebody is running the exploit manually and infecting internet-connected systems." Another researcher, who uses the twitter handle "benkow_", and was cited in Heimdal's initial advisory, also said the malware wasn'tÃÂ ...
Computerworld.nl
May 16, 2017
Het aantal infecties neemt momenteel af, nu organisaties maatregelen hebben genomen om de problemen aan te pakken. In veel gevallen is SMB uitgeschakeld om verdere besmettingen van de SMB-worm te voorkomen, maar dat is niet voor iedereen eenÃÂ ...
Dark Reading
May 16, 2017
Symantec also said they found tools only used by Lazarus on victim machines that were hit with earlier versions of WannaCry that didn't come with the SMB worm capabilities. Darien Huss, senior security research engineer with Proofpoint, studied the ...
BleepingComputer
May 16, 2017
Trying to capitalize on the success of the WannaCry ransomware, which used ETERNALBLUE for a self-spreading SMB worm, The Shadow Brokers are now announcing the "TheShadowBrokers Data Dump of the Month" service, a monthly subscription plan.
Normangee Star
May 15, 2017
"WannaCrypt ransomware was spread normally long before this and will be long after, what we stopped was the SMB worm variant", he said, referring to the program that affected almost a fifth of NHS Trusts in England and scores of businesses andÃÂ ...
www.computing.co.uk
May 15, 2017
It was only when the creators combined it with a weaponised version of the ETERNALBLUE tool that it began to gain traction worldwide.
BleepingComputer
May 15, 2017
Under the hood, the WannaCry ransomware features two components, (1) the ransomware itself and (2) an SMB worm that spreads the ransomware to new victims, on the local network first and then over the Internet.
BleepingComputer
May 15, 2017
The WannaCry ransomware comes with two modules, the ransomware itself and the SMB worm that spreads it to vulnerable computers.
Los Alamos Daily Post
May 15, 2017
"WannaCrypt ransomware was spread normally long before this and will be long after, what we stopped was the SMB worm variant," he said, referring to the program that affected nearly a fifth of NHS Trusts in England and many businesses and governmentÃÂ ...
BleepingComputer
May 14, 2017
In a very simplistic explanation, under the hood, the WannaCry ransomware is made up of two main parts: the ransomware itself - which encrypts users' files - and the SMB worm - the component that spreads the ransomware to random computers thatÃÂ ...
The Independent
May 14, 2017
"WannaCrypt ransomware was spread normally long before this and will be long after, what we stopped was the SMB worm variant," he said, referring to the program that affected nearly a fifth of NHS Trusts in England and scores of businesses andÃÂ ...
BleepingComputer
May 14, 2017
In a very simplistic explanation, under the hood, the Wana Decrypt0r ransomware is made up of two main parts: the ransomware itself - which encrypts users' files - and the SMB worm - the component that spreads the ransomware to random computersÃÂ ...
Yahoo News
May 12, 2017
The National Health Service (NHS) says 16 of its organizations were attacked with ransomware today (May 12), locking doctors out of patient records and reportedly forcing emergency rooms to send patients to other hospitals.
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