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Crypt GlobeImposter Ransomware Distributed via Blank Slate Malspam

The "Blank Slate" malspam campaign has switched to distributing a GlobeImposter variant that appends the .crypt extension to encrypted files. This downloaded executable is also code signed to make it appear more legitimate. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crypt-globeimposter-ransomware-distributed-via-blank-slate-malspam/
US Pharma Giant "Not yet Producing Bulk Product" Because of NotPetya Outbreak

US pharmaceutics giant Merck was severely affected by the NotPetya ransomware outbreak that took place at the end of June, and the company is still struggling to restore all systems and resume normal operations, according to an 8-K report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-pharma-giant-not-yet-producing-bulk-product-because-of-notpetya-outbreak/
Ukrainian Firm Facing Legal Action for Damages Caused by NotPetya Ransomware

The Juscutum Attorneys Association, a Ukrainian law firm, is rallying NotPetya victims to join a collective lawsuit against Intellect-Service LLC, the company behind the M.E.Doc accounting software, the point of origin of the NotPetya ransomware outbreak. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-firm-facing-legal-action-for-damages-caused-by-notpetya-ransomware/
Chrome Extension With Over One Million Users Hijacked to Serve Adware

The developer of a very popular Google Chrome extension has regained access over his tool after an unknown hacker had managed to hijack his developer account and push a malicious version that contained adware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-with-over-one-million-users-hijacked-to-serve-adware/
Interpol and Security Firm Dox Pro-ISIS Hacktivists

In cooperation with Interpol, Group-IB, a Moscow-based cyber-security firm, has tracked down and revealed the real-world identities of five members of the United Islamic Cyber Force (UICF). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/interpol-and-security-firm-dox-pro-isis-hacktivists/
JavaScript Packages Caught Stealing Environment Variables

On August 1, npm Inc. — the company that runs the biggest JavaScript package repository — removed 38 JavaScript npm packages that were caught stealing environment variables from infected projects. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/javascript-packages-caught-stealing-environment-variables/
Microsoft Will Not Patch SMBLoris Vulnerability

Microsoft has declined to patch a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) file sharing protocol that affects all versions of the Windows operating system released in the past two decades, since Windows 2000. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-will-not-patch-smbloris-vulnerability/
The Week in Ransomware - August 4th 2017 - GlobeImposter, NotPetya, and More

It has been a week heavily dominated by GlobeImposter variants being released here and there and smaller ransomware variants with little or no distribution. We also saw news about companies still being affected by the NotPetya attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-4th-2017-globeimposter-notpetya-and-more/
MalwareTech Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Kronos Trojan, To Be Released on Bail

Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher known as MalwareTech, has pleaded not guilty to today in a Las Vegas court to charges of creating and updating the Kronos banking trojan, according to his lawyer Adrian Marie Lobo. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malwaretech-pleads-not-guilty-to-creating-kronos-trojan-to-be-released-on-bail/