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The critical flaw in Windows is similar to the one used for the Wannacry attack

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The critical flaw in Windows is similar to the one used for the Wannacry attack

Wannacry is an extortion program that in May 2017 carried out perhaps the largest computer attack in the world to date. To achieve this, Wannacry exploited a vulnerability in Windows known as Eternal Blue. Now, security researchers have discovered a new, similar vulnerability (CVE-2022-37958) in Windows that could be used in a similar way, as … Read more

The combined Windows and Linux botnet is used for overload attacks

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The combined Windows and Linux botnet is used for overload attacks

Microsoft security researchers have discovered reports a hybrid botnet, MCCrash, which is a mix between Windows and Linux systems Ars Techinca. The botnet is to be used by hackers to sell targeted overload attacks against various Minecraft servers. MCCrash should be hardcoded to work on Minecraft version 1.12.2, but it should also work for version … Read more