Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2022
An affiliate of the LockBit 3.0 RaaS operation has been abusing the Windows Defender command-line tool to deploy Cobalt Strike payloads. During a recent investigation, SentinelOne researchers observed threat actors associated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation abusing the Windows Defender command line tool MpCmdRun.exe to decrypt and load Cobalt Strike payloads. The attackers initially compromise the target […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2022
Gootkit access-as-a-service (AaaS) malware is back with tactics and fileless delivery of Cobalt Strike beacons. Gootkit runs on an access-a-as-a-service model, it is used by different groups to drop additional malicious payloads on the compromised systems. Gootkit has been known to use fileless techniques to deliver threats such as the SunCrypt, and REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware, Kronos trojans, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2022
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have breached the European gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked the European gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. Creos Luxembourg S.A. owns and manages electricity networks and natural gas pipelines in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In this capacity, the company plans, constructs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2022
An Australian national has been charged for the creation and sale of the Imminent Monitor (IM) spyware, which was also used for criminal purposes. The 24-year-old Australian national Jacob Wayne John Keen has been charged for his alleged role in the development and sale of spyware known as Imminent Monitor (IM). The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2022
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned Americans of the rising threat of smishing (robotexts) attacks. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an alert to warn Americans of the rising threat of smishing (robotexts) attacks aimed at stealing their personal information or for financial scams. “The FCCâs Robocall Response Team is alerting consumers to the rising […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2022
Threat actors that go online with the moniker Adrastea claim to have hacked the multinational manufacturer of missiles MBDA. MBDA is a European multinational developer and manufacturer of missiles that was the result of the merger of the main French, British and Italian missile systems companies (AĂ©rospatiale–Matra, BAE Systems, and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo). The name MBDA comes from the initialism of the names missile companies: Matra, BAe Dynamics and Alenia. A threat actor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2022
The researchers discovered over a dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store, collectively dubbed DawDropper, that were dropping Banking malware. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a malicious campaign that leveraged 17 seemingly harmless Android dropper apps, collectively tracked as DawDropper, on the Google Play Store to distribute banking malware. The DawDropper apps are masqueraded as productivity and utility apps such […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Microsoft linked the recently discovered Raspberry Robin Windows malware to the notorious Evil Corp operation. On July 26, 2022, Microsoft researchers discovered that the FakeUpdates malware was being distributed via Raspberry Robin malware. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Threat actors used multiple npm packages to target Discord users with malware designed to steal their payment card data. A malicious campaign targeting Discord users leverages multiple npm packages to deliver malware that steals their payment card information, Kaspersky researchers warn. The malicious code hidden in the packages, and tracked as Lofy Stealer, is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
The Spanish police arrested two individuals accused to have hacked the country’s radioactivity alert network (RAR) in 2021. The Spanish police have arrested two men suspected to be the hackers behind cyberattacks that hit the country’s radioactivity alert network (RAR) between March and June 2021. The RAR system is a mesh of gamma radiation detection […]
Cyber Crime / November 04, 2025
