Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2022
Emotet tests new attack chain in low volume campaigns

Emotet operators are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The operators of the infamous Emotet botnet are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The threat actors are adopting the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2022
Bumblebee, a new malware loader used by multiple crimeware threat actors

Threat actors have replaced the BazaLoader and IcedID malware with a new loader called Bumblebee in their campaigns. Cybercriminal groups that were previously using the BazaLoader and IcedID as part of their malware campaigns seem to have adopted a new loader called Bumblebee. The loader appears to be under development and is a highly sophisticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
Conti ransomware operations surge despite the recent leak

Conti ransomware gang continues to target organizations worldwide despite the massive data leak has shed light on its operations. Researchers from Secureworks state that the Conti ransomware gang, tracked as a Russia-based threat actor Gold Ulrick, continues to operate despite the recent data leak on its internal activities. The group’s activity returned to the levels […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
Stormous ransomware gang claims to have hacked Coca-Cola

The Stormous ransomware gang claims to have hacked the multinational beverage corporation Coca-Cola Company. The Stormous ransomware gang announced with a post on its leak site to have hacked the multinational beverage corporation Coca-Cola Company. The extortion group announced to have hacked some servers of the company and stole 161GB. The group recently launched a poll asking members […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
North Korea-linked APT37 targets journalists with GOLDBACKDOOR

North Korea-linked APT37 group is targeting journalists that focus on DPRK with a new piece of malware. North Korea-linked APT37 group (aka Ricochet Chollima) has been spotted targeting journalists focusing on DPRK with a new piece of malware. The campaign was discovered by journalists at NK News, an American news site that focuses on North […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
BlackCat Ransomware gang breached over 60 orgs worldwide

At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. FBI. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2022
T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday revealed that LAPSUS$ extortion gang gained access to its networks. The popular investigator and journalist Brian Krebs first surmised that the LAPSUS$ gang has breached T-Mobile after he reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2022
Conti ransomware claims responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica

Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit the government infrastructure of Costa Rica. Last week a ransomware attack has crippled the government infrastructure of Costa Rica causing chaos. The Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, while the Costa Rican government refused to pay a ransom. “The Costa Rican state […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2022
Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet targets Docker servers

The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. The Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware was first spotted in June 2019 by researchers from Trend Micro while targeting enterprise networks. At the time of its first discovery, the bot was […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2022
Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. Cybercriminals are leveraging advanced tactics in their phishing-kits granting them a high delivery success rate of spoofed e-mails which contain malicious attachments right before the end of the 2021 IRS income tax return deadline in the […]