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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

Over the past 15 years, a cybercrime anonymity service known as VIP72 has enabled countless fraudsters to mask their true location online by routing their traffic through millions of malware-infected systems. based Internet address for more than a decade — simply vanished. The domain Vip72[.]org

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

If you’ve used a computer for more than 5 minutes, you probably know a thing or two about computer viruses and malware. On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Though often conflated with one another, malware and computer viruses aren’t necessarily the same thing. From Theory to Reality: 1948-1971.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. Icamis promoted his services in 2003 — such as bulk-domains[.]info w s, icamis[.]ru

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Internet scans found nearly one million systems vulnerable to BlueKeep

Security Affairs

GreyNoise is observing sweeping tests for systems vulnerable to the RDP "BlueKeep" (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability from several dozen hosts around the Internet. BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. Graham added. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

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UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

Security Affairs

These data packets can contain malware such as a trojan, ransomware, or similar dangerous program. By scanning a range of IP addresses, they can identify potential targets that have SMB services exposed to the internet. During this lateral movement, the attacker may deploy various tools and malware to further their objectives.

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Microsoft warns for the second time of applying BlueKeep patch

Security Affairs

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Recently, the popular expert Robert Graham has scanned the Internet for vulnerable systems.