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22-year-old Brit MalwareTech to donate $10,000 WannaCry reward to charity

The 22-year-old Brit who "accidentally" halted Friday's devastating global cyberattack says he plans to give his $10,000 (£7,700) reward to charity.

"I don't do what I do for money or fame," he told Business Insider. "I'd rather give the money to people who need it."

Worldwide WCrypt Ransomware Attack…Stopped by Accident

On May 12, a worldwide WCrypt ransomware attack hurled hospitals and other entities into chaos. It seemed unstoppable as it replicated itself across the world, hitting hospitals, governments, businesses… it exploited a vulnerability known to the NSA/CIA and used a “cyberweapons” software, though a different one from Wikileaks’ Vault 7. One astute computer technician accidentally stopped the…

BlueKeep mass attacking vulnerable machines: Report

San Francisco, Nov 4 (IANS) The “BlueKeep” remote code execution vulnerability, which could have an effect similar to the WannaCry bug from 2017, is currently attacking vulnerable machines that are apparently compromised for cryptocurrency mining purposes, according to media reports.

The BlueKeep vulnerability exists in unpatched versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows…

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Sunday Round up for this week!

Articles:

MetroCard glitch in NYC

MalwareTech’s walkthrough’s

Hacking the Subway Android app

Hey, So What's This Mac App Got Access To?

Mini pwning with GL-iNet AR150

If you found some other interesting stuff this week feel free to leave a link to it in the comments section. Otherwise feel free to check out the last roundup here.

Остановивший вирус WannaCry британец задержан в Лас-Вегасе

Британский эксперт по кибербезопасности Майкл Хатчинс, которому в мае удалось практически в одиночку приостановить распространение вируса-вымогателя WannaCry, задержали в Лас-Вегасе. Как сообщает агентство Рейтер, задержание осуществили агенты ФБР. (more…)