Locky Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns

Researchers at Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center have spotted malicious email campaigns using .lnk attachments to spread Locky ransomware and the Kovter click-fraud Trojan, the first time criminals have simultaneously distributed both pieces of malware. According to Microsoft, the .lnk file n...

Locky Ransomware Learns New Evasive Tricks

For several weeks security experts have had success slowing Locky ransomware infection rates. That’s been due to aggressive efforts to combat the Trojan downloader Nemucod, used in recent campaigns to distribute Locky. But now researchers say hackers behind Locky are changing tactics, giving the...

Caution Urged over Patched Windows USB Driver Flaw

USB-related vulnerabilities make people nervous; you need look no further than Stuxnet and BadUSB to see the dangers associated with infected portable storage devices and peripherals. Yesterday, Microsoft patched a flaw in the Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver that could put some people on...

[CVE-2 0 1 5-0 0 9 6]Microsoft Windows Shell SMB LNK Code Execution Exploit-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking include Msf::Exploit::EXE include Msf::Exploit::FILEFORMAT include Msf::Exploit::Remote::SMB::Server::Share attraccessor :exploitdllname def initializeinfo = superupdateinfoinfo, 'Name' = 'Microsoft Windows Shell LN...

Podcast Discussing the Windows LNK Patch

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the new patch for the five-year-old LNK vulnerability used by Stuxnet, the new iOS patches and the other news of the week. Download: digitalunderground191.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution

This module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse again the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This creates an SMB resource to provide the payload and the trigger, and generates a LNK file which must be sent to the...

Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution

This module exploits a vulnerability in the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This creates an SMB resource to provide the payload inside a DLL, and generates a LNK file which must be sent to the target. This module requires...

Microsoft Windows Shell File Format LNK Code Execution Exploit

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse again the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This Metasploit module creates the required files to exploit the vulnerability. They must be uploaded to an U...

Microsoft Windows Shell SMB LNK Code Execution Exploit

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse again the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This creates an SMB resource to provide the payload and the trigger, and generates a LNK file which must be...

Microsoft Windows Shell File Format LNK Code Execution

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse...

Microsoft Windows Shell SMB LNK Code Execution

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse...

Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution

This module exploits a vulnerability in the MS10-046 patch to abuse again the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This module creates the required files to exploit the vulnerability. They must be uploaded to an UNC path accessible by...

Details Surface on Stuxnet Patch Bypass

It took 10 hours to find what had eluded others for close to five years. German computer science student Michael Heerklotz spent the Christmas holiday reading Countdown to Zero Day, a narrative on the discovery and impact of Stuxnet, the computer worm considered one of the first cyberweapons, and...

Microsoft Windows .LNK DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious web page or open a malicious directory or device. The specific flaw exists...

Patched Windows Machines Exposed to Stuxnet LNK Flaw All Along

A five-year-old Microsoft patch for the .LNK vulnerability exploited by Stuxnet failed to properly protect Windows machines, leaving them exposed to exploits since 2010. Microsoft today is expected to release a security bulletin, MS15-020, patching the vulnerability CVE-2015-0096. It is unknown...

Massive, Decades-Long Cyberespionage Framework Uncovered

CANCUN–Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a cyberespionage group that has been operating for at least 15 years and has worked with and supported the attackers behind Stuxnet, Flame and other highly sophisticated operations. The attackers, known as the Equation Group, used two of the zero...

Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution

No description provided by source. $Id: ms10046shortcuticondllloader.rb 10404 2010-09-21 00:13:30Z jduck $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing...

Microsoft Windows Automatic LNK Shortcut File Code Execution

No description provided by source. From: http://www.ivanlef0u.tuxfamily.org/?p=411 1. Unzip the files in 'C: '. Start a DbgView or paste a KD to your VM. 2. Rename 'suckme.lnk' to 'suckme.lnk' and let the magic do the rest of shell32.dll. 3. Look at your logs...

[Autopsy] Digital Investigation Analysis

Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer. You can even use it to recover photos from your camera's memory...

Key Stuxnet LNK Spreading Mechanism Stops Working

One of the key infection methods for the Stuxnet worm was hard-coded to stop working on June 24, removing one of its techniques for propagation. Researchers say that the date, which is found in coded form in the worm’s instructions, is nearly three years to the day from the date that the first...