Carmaker Honda announced Wednesday that it was forced to shut down production at one of its Japanese plants earlier this week after it was hit by the WannaCry ransomware.
New malware uses old trick – and is a reminder to disable UPnP
Hijacking UPnP is rare, but it’s a straightforward trick that will be copied soon enough
News in brief: WannaCry knocks out Honda plant; Skype hit by global outage; NSA shares tools on GitHub
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Say Goodbye to SMBv1 in Windows Fall Creators Update
The SMBv1 file-sharing protocol abused by the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit to spread WannaCry ransomware is being disabled in the upcoming Windows Fall Creators Update, or Redstone 3.
Google Removes Two Ztorg Trojans from Play Marketplace
Google removed two apps, Magic Browser, and Noise Detector, that were vehicles for the Ztorg Trojan, Kaspersky Lab said.
University College London Ransomware Linked to AdGholas Malvertising Group
Proofpoint has connected the University College London ransomware to Mole, spread by AdGholas malvertising campaigns and the Astrum Exploit Kit.
SophosLabs analysis: why the surge in Word docs hiding ransomware?
The bad guys are using old tricks to hide very modern nasty surprises in Word documents. We take a look at how they’re doing that
IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers
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.
Mexican Journalists, Lawyers Focus of Government Spyware
Dozens of Mexican journalists, lawyers, and even a child, were hit with Pegasus, commercially-produced spyware, as part of a campaign believed to be carried out by the nation’s government.
FIN10 Extorting Canadian Mining Companies, Casinos
A string of data thefts targeting North American mining companies and casinos are extorting as much as $620,000 from victims.