Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2023
EvilExtractor, a new All-in-One info stealer appeared on the Dark Web

EvilExtractor is a new “all-in-one” info stealer for Windows that is being advertised for sale on dark web cybercrime forums. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers discovered a new “all-in-one” info stealer for Windows, dubbed EvilExtractor (sometimes spelled Evil Extractor) that is available for sale on dark web cybercrime forums. EvilExtractor is a modular info-stealer, it exfiltrates […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2023
Health insurer Point32Health suffered a ransomware attack

Non-profit health insurer Point32Health suffered a ransomware attack and has taken systems offline in response to the incident. Non-profit health insurer Point32Health has taken systems offline in response to a ransomware attack that took place on April 17. The insurer immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 416 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2023
American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4 million members impacted

The American Bar Association (ABA) disclosed a data breach, threat actors gained access to older credentials for 1,466,000 members. The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA has 166,000 members as of 2022. The attackers may have […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2023
Trigona Ransomware targets Microsoft SQL servers

Threat actors are hacking poorly secured and Interned-exposed Microsoft SQL servers to deploy the Trigona ransomware. Threat actors are hacking into poorly secured and public-facing Microsoft SQL servers to deploy Trigona ransomware. Trigona is a malware strain that was discovered in October 2022, and Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported similarities between Trigona and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2023
Russian national sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation

Russian national Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov has been sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation. Russian national Denis Dubnikov (30) has been sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware group. The man was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.   On February 7, 2023, Dubnikov pleaded […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2023
Experts temporarily disrupted the RedLine Stealer operations

Security experts from ESET, have temporarily disrupted the operations of the RedLine Stealer with the help of GitHub. ESET researchers announced to have temporarily disrupted the operations of the RedLine Stealer with the help of GitHub. The two companies teamed up with Flare to curb the operations of the malware operators. The experts discovered that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2023
The intricate relationships between the FIN7 group and members of the Conti ransomware gang

A new malware, dubbed Domino, developed by the FIN7 cybercrime group has been used by the now-defunct Conti ransomware gang. IBM Security X-Force researchers recently discovered a new malware family, called Domino, which was created by developers associated with the FIN7 cybercriminal group (tracked by X-Force as ITG14). FIN7 is a Russian criminal group (aka Carbanak) that has […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2023
New QBot campaign delivered hijacking business correspondence

Kaspersky researchers warn of a new QBot campaign leveraging hijacked business emails to deliver malware. In early April, Kaspersky experts observed a surge in attacks that QBot malware attacks (aka Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot). QBot has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials, and other […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2023
Vice Society gang is using a custom PowerShell tool for data exfiltration

Vice Society ransomware operators have been spotted using a PowerShell tool to exfiltrate data from compromised networks. Palo Alto Unit 42 team identified observed the Vice Society ransomware gang exfiltrating data from a victim network using a custom-built Microsoft PowerShell (PS) script. Threat actors are using the PowerShell tool to evade software and/or human-based security detection mechanisms. PS scripting […]