Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry-killer, hit with four new charges by the FBI

Marcus Hutchins, the British malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, is now facing four new charges related to malware he allegedly created and promoted it online to steal financial information. Hutchins, the 24-year-old better known as MalwareTech, was arrested by the FBI last ye...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Number of days before virus definitions are outdated

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: defavdaysbeforevirusoutdated.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Windows Defender AV: Define the number of days before virus definitions are considered out of date Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyrigh...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32874: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 5, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58014 First Published: 2018 June 5 19:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32874 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32870: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 5, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58013 First Published: 2018 June 5 19:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32870 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32867: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 4, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58005 First Published: 2018 June 4 21:05 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32867 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Code injection

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 can be used as medium to transmit viruses by placing infected files into a Leap2A archive and uploading that to Mahara. In contrast to other ZIP files that are uploaded, ClamAV when activated does not check Leap2A...

CVE-2018-11196

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 can be used as medium to transmit viruses by placing infected files into a Leap2A archive and uploading that to Mahara. In contrast to other ZIP files that are uploaded, ClamAV when activated does not check Leap2A...

CVE-2018-11196

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 can be used as medium to transmit viruses by placing infected files into a Leap2A archive and uploading that to Mahara. In contrast to other ZIP files that are uploaded, ClamAV when activated does not check Leap2A...

CVE-2018-11196

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 can be used as medium to transmit viruses by placing infected files into a Leap2A archive and uploading that to Mahara. In contrast to other ZIP files that are uploaded, ClamAV when activated does not check Leap2A...

CVE-2018-11196

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 can be used as medium to transmit viruses by placing infected files into a Leap2A archive and uploading that to Mahara. In contrast to other ZIP files that are uploaded, ClamAV when activated does not check Leap2A...

CVE-2018-11196

The CVE-2018-11196 entry affects Mahara releases 17.04 before 17.04.8, 17.10 before 17.10.5, and 18.04 before 18.04.1. The issue allows an attacker to use Leap2A archives to transfer infected files by uploading them to Mahara; Unlike standard ZIP uploads, ClamAV scanning (when active) does not in...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32865: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 1, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57997 First Published: 2018 June 1 18:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32865 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32863: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 1, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57996 First Published: 2018 June 1 18:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32863 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32860: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 1, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57995 First Published: 2018 June 1 18:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32860 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32861: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 31, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57992 First Published: 2018 May 31 18:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32861 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32829: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 31, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57991 First Published: 2018 May 31 18:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32829 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32858: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 31, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57988 First Published: 2018 May 31 15:14 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32858 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32792: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 29, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57975 First Published: 2018 May 29 12:39 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32792 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32839: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 29, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57974 First Published: 2018 May 29 12:39 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32839 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32845: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on May 29, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 57973 First Published: 2018 May 29 12:39 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32845 may contain the following files: Name | Size...