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FIN7 Lures Unwitting Security Pros to Carry Out Ransomware Attacks
The infamous Carbanak operator is moving is looking to juice its ransomware game by recruiting IT staff to its fake Bastion Secure ‘pen-testing’ company. The financially motivated cybercrime gang behind…
WinRAR vulnerability allowed attackers to remotely hijack systems
The vulnerability in WinRAR trialware could be abused by a remote attacker for executing arbitrary code on any system thus, getting an opportunity to launch a range of attacks. According…
Pentesters Wanted for Ransomware Attacks!
The Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group FIN7 is trying to break into the lucrative ransomware market by creating bogus cybersecurity organizations that perform network attacks under the pretense of…
Red teaming tutorial: Active directory pentesting approach and tools
Infosec Institute – Infosec Institute – There are a number of tools you should use when it comes to active directory (AD). Inveigh and responder as a start point Many…
FreakOut Botnet Turns DVRs Into Monero Cryptominers
The new Necro Python exploit targets Visual Tool DVRs used in surveillance systems. Threat group FreakOut’s Necro botnet has developed a new trick: infecting Visual Tools DVRs with a Monero…
Vulnerable Video DVR Devices Now Targeted by the FreakOut Botnet
FreakOut botnet (aka Necro, N3Cr0m0rPh) creators have updated the malware and added a PoC exploit for Visual Tools DVR, an electronic video recorder utilized in surveillance video systems, capable of supporting up…
VMware ESXi Servers Encrypted by Lightning-Fast Python Script
The little snippet of Python code strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete a ransomware attack from initial breach to encryption. Researchers have discovered a new…