The Daily WTF

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Backups (to the tune of Deck the Halls). WCry the Malware (to the tune of Frosty the Snowman). WCry the Malware, was a nasty ugly worm, With a cryptolock and a bitcoin bribe, Spread over SMB. WCry the Malware, is a Korean hack they say, But the NSA covered up the vuln, To use on us one day.

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SMB Development Malware WAN 111

Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This particularly malicious type of malware affected and encrypted data across the globe with no way to reverse it. Did they have backup or not? If you know your victim is rich, has no backups and is sensitive to disruption, then your ransom demand would be a whole lot bigger. Attack Severity. Was the victim rich or poor?

Backup 111

Backup SMB Malware Insurance 111

Kaseya

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It’s critically important for organizations to dev e lop security awareness programs that educate employees on phishing scams, ways to avoid unintentional downloads of malware, and the security policies of the company. The impact of a data breach can be devastating to an SMB. Practice your incident response plan.

Malware 91

Malware SMB Budget Firewall 91

Kaseya

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Hardware or software failure, backup and recovery problems, physical damage to devices or any other factor that could negatively affect IT infrastructure and disrupt business operations is included in the IT risk assessment plan. Errors in backup systems may also lead to data loss. Let’s look at some common IT risks.

Backup 64

Backup Disaster Recovery Weak Development Team Systems Review 64

AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

2018 seems to be a time for highly profitable cryptominers that spread over SMB file-shares. Following my analysis on ZombieBoy in July, I found a new malware sample that I’m calling MadoMiner. However, MadoMiner is much, much, larger, in terms of: The size of the malware; The amount of systems infected; and. Installation.

Malware 40

Malware SMB .Net Architecture 40

AlienVault

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In addition, take care with this portion of the malware. Malware Analysis. CVE-2017-0143, SMB exploit. CVE-2017-0146, SMB exploit. DemC.Bat is just like the DemC in Part 1, where it attempts to delete the malware from as an attempt at anti-debugging. This is used by the malware in order to evade detection.

Malware 40

Malware Windows IPv6 Analysis 40

Haft of the Spear

JULY 3, 2019

/* The first in a series of posts that will focus on fundamentals, with an eye towards providing no- or low-cost options to the SMB community, who are simultaneously target-rich and knowledge poor. */. Ransomware is a mash-up of “ransom” and “malware” (a/k/a malicious software, a/k/a computer virus). Ransomware.

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Company Backup Banking SMB 40