Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2021
BlackMatter ransomware gang, a new threat actor appears in the threat landscape and claims to combine TTPs of Darkside and REvil. BlackMatter is a new ransomware gang that started its activity this week, the cybercriminals group claims to be the successor of Darkside and REvil groups. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2021
Transnet SOC Ltd, a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, announced it was hit by a disruptive cyber attack. South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC was hit last week by a disruptive cyberattack that halted its operations at all the port’s terminals. The attack took place on Thursday, 22 July. “Port terminals are operational across the system, with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2021
The Babuk ransomware operators seem to have suffered a ransomware attack, threat actors flooded their forum gay orgy porn images. At the end of June, the Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online allowing threat actors to use it to create their own version of the popular ransomware. The Babuk Locker operators halted their operations at the end […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2021
The No More Ransom initiative celebrates its fifth anniversary, over 6 million victims of ransomware attacks recover their files for free saving almost €1 billion in payments. No More Ransom is celebrating its 5th anniversary, the initiative allowed more than 6 million ransomware victims to recover their files for free saving roughly $1 billion in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2021
Threat actors target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to cryptocurrency miners, security researchers from Intezer warn. Researchers from Intezer uncovered new attacks on Kubernetes (K8s) installs via misconfigured Argo Workflows aimed at deploying cryptocurrency miners. Argo Workflows is an open-source, container-native workflow engine designed to run on K8s clusters. The experts discovered Argo Workflows instances with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2021
XCSSET macOS malware continues to evolve, now it is able to steal login information from multiple apps, including Telegram and Google Chrome. Security researchers from Trend Micro continues to monitor the evolution of the XCSSET macOS malware, new variants are able to steal login information from multiple apps, including Telegram and Google Chrome, and send […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2021
Estonian hacker Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to the counts of computer fraud and of creating and operating a proxy botnet. The Estonian national Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to two counts of computer fraud and abuse. According to court documents, Pavel Tsurkan (33) operated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2021
The software provider Kaseya announced to have obtained a universal decryptor for the REvil ransomware. Earlier this month, a massive supply chain attack conducted by the REvil ransomware gang hit the cloud-based managed service provider platform Kaseya, impacting both other MSPs using its VSA software and their customers. The VSA tool is used by MSPs to perform […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2021
Researchers from threat intelligence firm Group-IB helps Dutch police identify members of phishing developer gang known as Fraud Family. Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation of high-tech crimes and intellectual property protection, has assisted the Dutch National Police in the operation to apprehend alleged members of a cybercriminal group codenamed ‘Fraud Family.’ Group-IB’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2021
Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. FormBook is a data-stealing malware that is used in cyber espionage campaigns, like other spyware it is […]
