VPNFilter
Malware
VPNFilter is a new type of malware designed specifically to target internet routers. It’s capable of collecting communication information from your router, attacking other computers and destroying your device remotely.
Source: Lifehacker
How do you protect yourself?
Factory reset or reboot your router. Make sure you are running the latest firmware and that remote management is turned off.
CVE
2018-11507
An issue was discovered in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3. An attacker can trigger a long loop in image_load_pnm in image/image-pnm.cpp.
Source: NVD
How do you protect yourself?
CryptON
Ransomware
When installed, CryptON will encrypt a victim’s files and append the .ransomed@india.com extension to the encrypted file’s name. This means that a file named 1.jpg would be encrypted and renamed to 1.jpg.ransomed@india.com
In each folder that files are encrypted, a ransom note named HOWTODECRYPTFILES.html will also be created that contains instructions on what has happened and how to connect to a TOR support site to receive instructions.
Source: BleepingComputer
How do you protect yourself?
Proper security measures must be in place to defend against CryptON Ransomware and similar threats. Having proper up-to-date endpoint security provides a cross-generational blend of threat defense techniques to protect systems from cryptocurrency-mining malware.