It's a never ending fight.
A bug is discovered and there's a patch or an av update.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Just a heads up. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/worldwide-adylkuzz-cyber-attack-developing-10440059
Dafydd.
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Just a heads up. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/worldwide-adylkuzz-cyber-attack-developing-10440059
Dafydd.
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It's a never ending fight.
A bug is discovered and there's a patch or an av update.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Yes, it was only a matter of time before other malwares started using a similar vector, although Adylkuzz is very different (not ransomware)
The Avast threat labs did a detailed writeup on this, and how it works: https://blog.avast.com/meet-adylkuzz-cryptocurrency-mining-malware-spreading-using-the-same-exploit-as-wannacry