277K Vulnerable Routers Expose 1.7 Million Devices to EternalSilence SMB Attacks

277K Vulnerable Routers Expose 1.7 Million Devices to EternalSilence SMB Attacks

Exposed machines exploitable using leaked NSA exploits

  • Security
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • September 14th, 2018
Persistent EternalBlue-Powered Wannamine Cryptominer Still Alive

Persistent EternalBlue-Powered Wannamine Cryptominer Still Alive

Hundreds of thousands of computers still vulnerable

Windows Under Attack as NSA Exploit Usage Skyrockets

Windows Under Attack as NSA Exploit Usage Skyrockets

EternalBlue-based attacks growing, security firm says

Eugene Kaspersky on WannaCry: I Can't Understand Why They Still Use Windows XP

Eugene Kaspersky on WannaCry: I Can't Understand Why They Still Use Windows XP

The boss of Kaspersky Lab believes using Windows XP has proven to be quite an expensive business when WannaCry hit

WannaCry Started with a Hunt for Public-Facing SMB Ports, Not Phishing

WannaCry Started with a Hunt for Public-Facing SMB Ports, Not Phishing

WannaCry victims didn't do anything wrong, they didn't click any suspicious links or visited shady websites

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Spreading for Weeks via Same Backdoor as WannaCry

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Spreading for Weeks via Same Backdoor as WannaCry

The mining malware has built a massive botnet, but it has also stopped computers from being infected by WannaCry

WannaCry Attack Was to Be Expected Due to NSA's Zero-Day Hoarding Obsession

WannaCry Attack Was to Be Expected Due to NSA's Zero-Day Hoarding Obsession

It was only a matter of time before something the size of WannaCry took the world by storm because of the NSA

Bitdefender: Threats like WannaCry Will Become the Norm

Bitdefender: Threats like WannaCry Will Become the Norm

The whole situation will get worse before it gets better