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Researchers have developed a method for bypassing Windows Defender that will allow any malware to execute on a Windows machine.

15,000 insecure Elasticsearch servers with 4,000 hosting the Point-of-Sale malware strains Alina and JackPoS.

.NET framework vulnerability allows attackers to “take control of an affected system.”

The revamped Nukebot banking trojan has shifted from stealing bankcard data to quietly downloading malicious payloads for web-injects, cryptocurrency mining, and taking screenshots of systems.

The SDK, called Igexin, was developed by a Chinese company and may have been used to install malware that could, among other things, exfiltrate logs from devices.

Maersk expects losses up to $300m In Q2. They said the loss was due to “significant business interruption” as Maersk had to shutter critical systems infected with malware.

Marcus Hutchins, the researcher hailed for his work in blunting the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May, was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas and charged with creating and distributing the Kronos banking malware.

The number of new malware samples in the wild this year targeting connected internet-of-things (IoT) devices has already more than doubled last year’s total. Source: Malware IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers

As reports of the NSA officially connecting WannaCry to North Korea surface, experts are saying developers failed to contain the ransomware before it was ready for deployment. Source: Malware Someone Failed to Contain WannaCry