Cybercriminals got equipped with American special service technology

In January 2019, company Qihoo 360 researchers fixed mass attacks on Asian users with Trojans cryptocurrency Monero miners.

That time intruders used instruments with open initial code Invoke-SMBClient and PowerDump for hashing finish and pass-the-hash attacks implementation.

Now cybercriminals added in their arsenal EternalBlue expoit that was deveoped by National Security agency and later leaked, reports Trend Micro company. Initially experts fixed attacks with its use only in Japan, but later attacks spread to Austraria, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam.

Possibly, epidemics will embrace the rest of the world.

Source: blog.trendmicro.com