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Install Windows 10 Creators Update Starting Today With This Microsoft Tool

Microsoft will officially release Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, the same day it will retire Windows Vista, but users unwilling to wait that long can install it starting today, April 5, using the Windows 10 Update Assistant. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/install-windows-10-creators-update-starting-today-with-this-microsoft-tool/
Crooks Founded Two ISPs to Hide Illegal TV Streaming Platform

A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/crooks-founded-two-isps-to-hide-illegal-tv-streaming-platform/
Ransomware Gang Made Over $100,000 by Exploiting Apache Struts Zero-Day

For more than a month, at least ten groups of attackers have been compromising systems running applications built with Apache Struts and installing backdoors, DDoS bots, cryptocurrency miners, or ransomware, depending if the machine is running Linux or Windows. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-made-over-100-000-by-exploiting-apache-struts-zero-day/
New Password Protected Word Document SPAM Installing Urlsnif Keylogger

A large SPAM campaign is underway where victims receive an email that pretends to be a requested invoice and contains a password for a password protected encrypted Word document attachment. These password protected word documents contain embedded VBScript files that will download and install the Urlsnif keylogger. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-password-protected-word-document-spam-installing-urlsnif-keylogger/
ClearEnergy - The "In the Wild" SCADA Ransomware Attacks That Never Were

A mini-controversy broke out this week in the infosec community after cyber-security firm CRITIFENCE led journalists and other security experts to believe that they've detected in-the-wild attacks with a new ransomware called ClearEnergy, specialized in targeting ICS/SCADA industrial equipment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clearenergy-the-in-the-wild-scada-ransomware-attacks-that-never-were/
Windows 10 Insider Build 16170 Released and Windows Insider for Business Launched

Today Microsoft released Insider Preview Build 16170 to PC insiders on the fast ring, As Microsoft just released the Creators Update, new builds won't have any big changes or features added for the near future. Microsoft also announced that they have officially launched the Windows Insider Program for Business. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-16170-released-and-windows-insider-for-business-launched/
The Week in Ransomware - April 7th 2017 - Fluffy, Matrix, and RensenWare

The big news this week was the POC for a UEFI Ransomware presented at BlackHat Asia, Matrix Ransomware being distributed by RIG and having worm characteristics, and the joke ransomware called RensenWare that required a victim to get a very high score in a game to get a decryption key.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-april-7th-2017-fluffy-matrix-and-rensenware/