Category Archives: Security News
Any website can crash your Windows 7 or 8 PC with these four characters
A website with an image directory that uses $MFT in its name is enough to crash older PCs.
Credit: techedive via FlickJust because Windows 7 is close to eight years old doesn’t mean you still can’t find ridiculous bugs that can crash your PC.
Russian-language site Habrhabr.ru recently published one such bug that apparently causes problems if you simply visit a website, as first noticed by Ars Technica. The problem also affects Windows 8 and Vista PCs, but Windows 10 PCs are unaffected.
Old Windows PCs can stop WannaCry ransomware with new Microsoft patch
In a rare step, Microsoft published a patch for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 8.
Credit: Michael Kan
Users of old Windows systems can now download a patch to protect them from this week’s massive ransomware attack.
In a rare step, Microsoft published a patch for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 8—all of them operating systems for which it no longer provides mainstream support.
Millions of websites affected by unpatched flaw in Microsoft IIS 6 web server
An exploit for a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0 was published online, increasing the risk of attacks
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A proof-of-concept exploit has been published for an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0, a version of the web server that’s no longer supported but still widely used.
Latest WikiLeaks dump exposes CIA methods to mask malware
The site has dumped anti-forensic tools that WikiLeaks claims the CIA used last year
Credit: CIA
WikiLeaks may have dealt another blow to the CIA’s hacking operations by releasing files that allegedly show how the agency was masking its malware attacks.
New Mirai Botnet Bombards US College With 54 Hour DDoS Attack
New botnet variant strikes using 10,000 connected devices.
Since the Mirai malware was discovered last August, it’s been used to front several high-profile DDoS attacks, including last September’s assault on cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs. But now a new variant of the Mirai botnet malware has been found to behind the massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that was responsible for targeting an as yet unnamed US college in February in an online assault that lasted for a straight 54 hours.
Investigation shows devices might have exploited by known vulnerabilities.
While the Mirai based attack happened some time ago, it was only this week that cyber-security firm Incapsula, made the news public. Incapsula were responsible for trying to mitigate and blunt the full force of the attack when it was launched.
