Tag: Windows SMB

CowerSnail — Windows Backdoor from the Creators of SambaCry Linux Malware

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Last month, we reported about a group of hackers exploiting SambaCry—a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software—to hack Linux computers and install malware to mine cryptocurrencies. The same group of hackers is now targeting Windows machines Read More …

More Hacking Groups Found Exploiting SMB Flaw Weeks Before WannaCry

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Since the Shadow Brokers released the zero-day software vulnerabilities and hacking tools – allegedly belonged to the NSA’s elite hacking team Equation Group – several hacking groups and individual hackers have started using them in their own way. The April’s Read More …