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Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2022

RansomExx Ransomware upgrades to Rust programming language

RansomExx ransomware is the last ransomware in order of time to have a version totally written in the Rust programming language. The operators of the RansomExx ransomware (aka Defray777 and Ransom X) have developed a new variant of their malware, tracked as RansomExx2, that was ported into the Rust programming language. The move follows the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2022

An aggressive malware campaign targets US-based companies with Qakbot to deliver Black Basta Ransomware

Researchers warn of an ongoing aggressive Qakbot malware campaign that leads to Black Basta ransomware infections in the US. Experts at the Cybereason Global SOC (GSOC) team have observed a surge in Qakbot infections as part of an ongoing aggressive Qakbot malware campaign that leads to Black Basta ransomware infections in the US. In the last two […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2022

Ducktail information stealer continues to evolve

The operators behind the Ducktail information stealer continue to improve their malicious code, operators experts warn. In late July 2022, researchers from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business) discovered an ongoing operation, named DUCKTAIL, that was targeting individuals and organizations that operate on Facebook’s Business and Ads platform. Experts attribute the campaign to a Vietnamese financially motivated […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2022

Exclusive – Quantum Locker lands in the Cloud

The gang behind Quantum Locker used a particular modus operandi to target large enterprises relying on cloud services in the NACE region. Executive Summary Incident Insights During the latest weeks, the Belgian company Computerland shared insights with the European threat intelligence community about Quantum TTPs adopted in recent attacks. The shared information revealed Quantum gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2022

Aurora Stealer Malware is becoming a prominent threat in the cybercrime ecosystem

Researchers warn of threat actors employing a new Go-based malware dubbed Aurora Stealer in attacks in the wild. Aurora Stealer is an info-stealing malware that was first advertised on Russian-speaking underground forums in April 2022. Aurora was offered as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) by a threat actor known as Cheshire. It is a multi-purpose botnet with data stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2022

Two Estonian citizens arrested in $575M cryptocurrency fraud scheme

Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn for allegedly running a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Two Estonian nationals were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, after being indicted in the US for running a fraudulent cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that caused more than $575 million in losses. According to the indictment, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2022

Emotet is back and delivers payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee

The Emotet malware is back and experts warn of a high-volume malspam campaign delivering payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee. Proofpoint researchers warn of the return of the Emotet malware, in early November the experts observed a high-volume malspam campaign delivering payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2022

Google won a lawsuit against the Glupteba botnet operators

Google won a lawsuit filed against two Russian nationals involved in the operations of the Glupteba botnet. This week, Google announced it has won a nearly year-long legal battle against the Glupteba botnet. Glupteba is a highly sophisticated botnet composed of millions of compromised Windows devices. Unlike other botnets, Gluteba leverages cryptocurrency blockchains as a command-and-control mechanism […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2022

Octocrypt, Alice, and AXLocker Ransomware, new threats in the wild

Experts from Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) discovered three new ransomware families: AXLocker, Octocrypt, and Alice Ransomware. Threat intelligence firm Cyble announced the discovery of three new ransomware families named AXLocker, Octocrypt, and Alice Ransomware. The AXLocker ransomware encrypts victims’ files and steals Discord tokens from the infected machine. The analysis of the code […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2022

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, crooks are already at work

Every year during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, crooks take advantage of the bad habits of users with fraudulent schema. Researchers at Bitdefender Antispam Lab have analyzed during the last weeks the fraudulent activities associated with Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The experts noticed that between October 26 and November 6, the rate of unsolicited […]

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RansomExx Ransomware upgrades to Rust programming language

An aggressive malware campaign targets US-based companies with Qakbot to deliver Black Basta Ransomware

Ducktail information stealer continues to evolve

Exclusive – Quantum Locker lands in the Cloud

Aurora Stealer Malware is becoming a prominent threat in the cybercrime ecosystem

Two Estonian citizens arrested in $575M cryptocurrency fraud scheme

Emotet is back and delivers payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee

Google won a lawsuit against the Glupteba botnet operators

Octocrypt, Alice, and AXLocker Ransomware, new threats in the wild

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, crooks are already at work

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