Frank Crast, Author at Securezoo

Smominru mining botnet

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / February 5, 2018 / CVE-2017-0144, CVE-2017-0176, EsteemAudit, EternalBlue, malware, MS17-010, SMB, Smominru, Vulnerabilities

Researchers at Proofpoint have been tracking a massive distributed botnet dubbed Smominru, a Monero cryptocurrency miner, that spreads using the EternalBlue Exploit (CVE-2017-0144).

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Vulnerabilities in WD MyCloud

Cloud Security, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / February 3, 2018 / MyCloud, storage, Vulnerabilities, WD

A security researcher from TrustWave discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Western Digital (WD) MyCloud network storage devices.

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Flash 0-Day exploited in wild

Leave a Comment / Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware, Zero-days / Frank Crast / February 3, 2018 / Adobe, CVE-2018-4878, Flash, ROKRAT, Zero-day

An Adobe Flash Player 0-day vulnerability is being exploited in the wild and used in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users, according to an Adobe advisory and Talos security group.

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Beware of online dating scams

Cybercrime / Frank Crast / February 2, 2018 / Dating scam, FTC, scams

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a new article warning users about online dating scams.

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WannaMine Crypto-mining malware

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / Frank Crast / February 1, 2018 / Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptomining, EternalBlue, Ethereum, Monero, MS17-010, NSA, WannaMine

Security firms have recently seen numerous attacks whose main objective is to infect systems with crypto-mining software in an effort to profit off the rise of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero.

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Oracle MICROS POS vulnerability

Leave a Comment / Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / January 31, 2018 / EGateway, Oracle, POS, Vulnerabilities

Security researchers from ERPScan discovered a high severity vulnerability in MICROS point-of-sale (POS) terminals that could allow hackers to read sensitive data.

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Fitness app users could expose military bases

Leave a Comment / Application Security, Mobile Security / Frank Crast / January 29, 2018 / Android, Fitness, iPhone, Military, mobile, Secruity, Strava

Fitness app and social media company Strava has introduced a Global Heatmap service, that may have allowed many service people to inadvertently expose the locations of their military bases.

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