Threat actors leverage EternalBlue exploit to deliver non-WannaCry payloads

The “EternalBlue” exploit MS017-010 was initially used by WannaCry ransomware and Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner. Now more threat actors are leveraging the vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block SMB protocol – this time to distribute Backdoor.Nitol and Trojan Gh0st RAT. FireEye Dynamic...

WannaCry Development Errors Enable File Recovery

WannaCry may have caused worldwide havoc on May 12 when it rode the coattails of the NSA’s weaponized EternalBlue exploit to infect computers in 150 countries, but that doesn’t mean it was a quality piece of ransomware. A number of programming errors in the code are floating to the surface and...

Next Payload Could be Much Worse Than WannaCry

No one should be letting their guard down now that the WannaCry ransomware attacks have been relatively contained. Experts intimately involved with analyzing the malware and worldwide attacks urge quite the opposite, warning today that there’s nothing stopping attackers from using the available N...

Microsoft Windows 72008 R2 - EternalBlue SMB Remote Code Execution (MS17-010)

Microsoft Windows 72008 R2 - EternalBlue SMB Remote Code Execution MS17-010 !/usr/bin/python from impacket import smb from struct import pack import sys import socket ''' EternalBlue exploit for Windows 7/2008 by sleepya The exploit might FAIL and CRASH a target system depended on what is...

Microsoft Releases XP Patch for WannaCry Ransomware

Microsoft has taken the extraordinary step of providing an emergency update for unsupported Windows XP and Windows 8 machines in the wake of Friday’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak. Unknown attackers were using the EternalBlue exploit leaked by the ShadowBrokers in April to spread WannaCry, a varia...

Leaked NSA Exploit Spreading Ransomware Worldwide

A ransomware attack running rampant through Europe today is spreading via an exploit leaked in the most recent ShadowBrokers dump. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab said the attackers behind today’s outbreak of WannaCry ransomware are using EternalBlue, the codename for an exploit made public by the...

WannaCry Ransomware That's Hitting World Right Now Uses NSA Windows Exploit

Update — After reading this article, if you want to know, what has happened so far in past 4 days and how to protect your computers from WannaCry, read our latest article "WannaCry Ransomware: Everything You Need To Know Immediately." Earlier today, a massive ransomware campaign hit computer...

CVE-2017-0143

The SMBv1 server in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets, aka...

MS17-010: Security Update for Microsoft Windows SMB Server (4013389) (ETERNALBLUE) (ETERNALCHAMPION) (ETERNALROMANCE) (ETERNALSYNERGY) (WannaCry) (EternalRocks) (Petya)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 SMBv1 due to improper handling of certain requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker...