Indian police raid 26 call centers, make 63 arrests.
Source: After Microsoft complaints, Indian police arrest tech support scammers at 26 call centers | ZDNet
Articles for November 2018
Hackers are opening SMB ports on routers so they can infect PCs with NSA malware | ZDNet
Akamai says that over 45,000 routers have been compromised already.
Source: Hackers are opening SMB ports on routers so they can infect PCs with NSA malware | ZDNet
This worm spreads a fileless version of the Trojan Bladabindi | ZDNet
A new worm has been discovered which spreads a modern variant of the remote access tool (RAT) Bladabindi.
According to researchers from Trend Micro, the worm spreads Bladabindi — also known as njRAT/Njw0rm — in a fileless form by propagating through removable drives and storage.
In a blog post on Tuesday, the cybersecurity team said Bladabindi has been recompliled, refreshed, and rehashed for years, leading to its presence in countless cyberespionage campaigns.
Source: This worm spreads a fileless version of the Trojan Bladabindi | ZDNet
Russian hacker arrested in Bulgaria for ad fraud of over $7 million | ZDNet
Bulgarian police have arrested a supposed Russian hacker at the request of US authorities on charges of committing advertising fraud of over $7 million.
Source: Russian hacker arrested in Bulgaria for ad fraud of over $7 million | ZDNet
Texas hospital becomes victim of Dharma ransomware | ZDNet
The spread of malware through Altus Baytown Hospital systems highlights the ongoing threat ransomware poses to our healthcare.
Source: Texas hospital becomes victim of Dharma ransomware | ZDNet
US Cyber Command starts uploading foreign APT malware to VirusTotal | ZDNet
On Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), a subordinate unit of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), set in motion a new initiative through which the DOD would share malware samples it discovered on its networks with the broader cybersecurity community.
The CNMF kicked off this new project by creating an account on VirusTotal, an online file scanning service that also doubles as an online malware repository, and by uploading two malware samples.
In addition, USCYBERCOM also created a new Twitter account where it would tweet a link to all new VirusTotal malware uploads.
Source: US Cyber Command starts uploading foreign APT malware to VirusTotal | ZDNet
Windows-as-a-service fail: Microsoft keeps customers in the dark | ZDNet
If Microsoft wants to treat Windows 10 as a service, it has a responsibility to its customers to provide accurate information about problems with that service. Over the last month, the company has failed miserably in that regard.
Source: Windows-as-a-service fail: Microsoft keeps customers in the dark | ZDNet