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11
Jun

Patch Tuesday squashes 89 bugs-including a SophosLabs find

No bugs known to be exploited in the wild, but plenty of serious flaws that need updates
30
May

Worms deliver cryptomining malware to web servers

An automated attack, targeting poorly-protected Apache Tomcat servers, turns enterprise hardware into a high-end cryptominer
24
May

Directed attacks against MySQL servers deliver ransomware

Someone is attacking internet-facing Windows database servers with GandCrab ransomware
14
May

May, 2019 Patch Tuesday addresses critical remote desktop, DHCP bugs

The vulnerabilities were so potentially harmful, Microsoft released updates for no-longer-supported Windows XP and Server 2003
10
May

MegaCortex, deconstructed: mysteries mount as analysis continues

An update to last week's late-breaking information about this novel ransomware
03
May

“MegaCortex” ransomware wants to be The One

The sudden appearance of a new ransomware on a large number of enterprise networks was not the May Day gift anyone wanted
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