Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Another city fell victim of a malware attack, systems at the city of Stuart, Fla., were infected by the Ryuk ransomware on April 13, 2018. Law enforcement is investigating a ransomware attack that hit the City of Stuart on April 13, 2018. The Ryuk malware infected several servers and forced them offline. “City officials on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Security researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon. Introduction Few days after the publication of our technical article related to the evidence of possible APT28 interference in the Ukrainian elections, we spotted another signal of a sneakier on-going operation. This campaign, instead, seems to be linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Iran-linked OilRig cyberespionage group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns.Iran-linked OilRig cyberespione group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns. The OilRig APT group, the threat actor behind the DNSpionage malware campaign, is carrying out a new sophisticated and targeted operation that infects victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Experts at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack targeted ASUS users to the “ShadowPad” threat actor and the CCleaner incident. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack that hit ASUS users (tracked as Operation ShadowHammer) to the “ShadowPad” threat actor. Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
Bad news for fitness and bodybuilding passionates, the popular online retailer Bodybuilding.com announced that hackers have broken into its systems. The popular online retailer website Bodybuilding.com announced last week that hackers have broken into its systems. The website offers any kind of fitness articles, exercises, workouts, and supplements. The company confirmed it has no evidence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. Researchers at FireEye discovered that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, but it was not noticed before. The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7, Anunak or Cobalt) stole over […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
CheckPoint firm uncovered a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a weaponized version of TeamViewer to target officials in several embassies in Europe. Security experts at CheckPoint uncovered a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a weaponized version of TeamViewer and malware disguised as a top-secret US government document to target officials in several embassies in Europe. The targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten). Thanks to the leaked source code it is now possible to check APT34 implementations and techniques. Contest: Since at least 2014, an Iranian threat group tracked by FireEye as APT34 has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2019
EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees.EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. US healthcare firm EmCare Inc disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been accessed, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2019
The popular jQuery JavaScript library is affected by a rare prototype pollution vulnerability that could allow attackers to modify a JavaScript object’s prototype. The impact of the issue could be severe considering that the jQuery JavaScript library is currently used on 74 percent of websites online, most sites still use the 1.x and 2.x versions […]
