Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2022
Experts warn Emotet malware campaign using “unconventional” IP address formats in an attempt to evade detection. Threat actors behind a recent Emotet malware campaign have been observed using using “unconventional” IP address formats to evade detection. Trend Micro researchers reported that threat actors are using hexadecimal and octal representations of the IP address. “We observed Emotet spam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2022
The FBI warns that cybercriminals are using malicious QR codes to steal their credentials and financial info. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a public service announcement (PSA) to warn that cybercriminals are using QR codes to steal their credentials and financial info. QR codes are widely adopted by businesses to facilitate payment. In a classic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
Researchers spotted several spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises to steal credentials and conduct financial fraud. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. Threat actors sent spear-phishing messages from compromised corporate accounts to their contacts, the email carry malicious attachments. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
The central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, confirmed the ransomware attack that hit it in December. Bank Indonesia confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place last month. The Conti ransomware gang claimed the attack and leaked some allegedly stolen files as proof of the security breach. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially linked the Diavol ransomware operation to the infamous TrickBot gang. The FBI officially linked the Diavol ransomware operation to the infamous TrickBot gang, the group that is behind the TrickBot banking trojan. “The FBI first learned of Diavol ransomware in October 2021. Diavol is associated with developers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
Crypto.com confirmed that a cyber attack compromised around 400 of its customer accounts leading in the theft of $33 million. Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange app based in Singapore, the app currently has 10 million users and 3,000 employees. Recently, several Crypto.com users reported suspicious transactions that stole thousands of dollars in Ethereum (ETH) despite their accounts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people seeking missing families. The infamous attack was disclosed by the International Committee of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
Researchers spotted a new evasive cryptocurrency stealer named BHUNT that targets a list of wallets and implements multiple data-stealing capabilities. Bitdefender discovered a new evasive cryptocurrency stealer stealer dubbed BHUNT that is able to exfiltrate wallet (Exodus, Electrum, Atomic, Jaxx, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin wallets) contents, passwords stored in the browser, and data from the clipboard. BHUNT is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2022
Researchers spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Researchers from AhnLab’s Security Emergency-response Center (ASEC) spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Vxers use GoLang because it is easy and allows the development […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2022
A new ransomware gang named White Rabbit appeared in the threat landscape, experts believe it is linked to the FIN8 hacking group. A new ransomware gang called ‘White Rabbit’ launched its operations and according to the experts, it is likely linked to the FIN8 financially motivated group. In December the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie, […]
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