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MS17-010 – Windows SMB server exploitation leads to ransomware outbreak

The Microsoft Windows SMB (Server Message Block) is being actively exploited in the wild, post the Shadow Brokers (TSB) leak in April 2017. According to Microsoft’s blog, the exploits were already covered in previously released security bulletins. The Shadow Broker exploits named ‘EternalBlue’ and ‘EternalRomance’ and ‘EternalSynergy’ are addressed by Microsoft in security bulletin MS17-010. […]

CVE-2017-0199 – Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API

The newly discovered zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) in Microsoft Office/WordPad is being actively exploited in the wild. Almost all Microsoft Office versions are affected with this bug. To fix this vulnerability, Microsoft released a security update on April 11, 2017. Vulnerable Versions According to Microsoft, the following are the affected products (past support life cycle products […]

Cosmos Bank website compromised with RIG Exploit Kit which drops Cerber Ransomware

Update: The incident has been taken care of by Cosmos Bank and its website (URL) is now clean and safe to use. Compromising popular websites has become a common strategy for attackers to spread infection in a widespread fashion. Attackers exploit unpatched vulnerabilities present on web servers in order to compromise websites. In addition to this, […]

CVE-2017-5638 – Apache Struts 2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The well-known open source web application framework Apache Struts 2 is being actively exploited in the wild allowing hackers to launch a remote code execution attack.  To address this issue, Apache has issued a security advisory and CVE-2017-5638 has been assigned to it. The zero-day bug has been rated with the highest severity rating ‘High’. […]

The Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability – ‘CVE-2012-0002’ is not dead yet!

On March 13, 2012, Microsoft disclosed the details of a ‘critical vulnerability’ called Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability – CVE-2012-0002 in its bulletin. And even four years after this vulnerability was patched, it is still being exploited in the wild by attackers to carry out ‘Remote Code Execution’ on their victims computers. Affected Operating Systems: Microsoft […]

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