Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2021
A US federal judge sentenced Russian hacker Peter Levashov to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised release for his role in operating the Kelihos botnet. The creator of the Kelihos Botnet, Peter Yuryevich Levashov (40), was sentenced to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised release. Levashev used the pseudonym of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2021
Microsoft has seized 17 malicious homoglyph domains used by crooks in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting its users. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 17 domains that were used by scammers in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign aimed at its customers. The IT giant secured a court order that allowed it to take down “homoglyph” domains […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2021
BleepingComputer became aware that the recent wave of attacks targeting vulnerable SonicWall devices was carried out by HelloKitty ransomware operators. SonicWall this week has issued an urgent security alert to warn companies of “an imminent ransomware campaing” targeting some of its equipment that reached end-of-life (EoL). Threat actors could target unpatched devices belonging to Secure Mobile Access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2021
The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. Experts reported an uptick in malicious Android apps on the official Google Play store laced with the Joker mobile trojan. The Joker malware is a malicious code camouflaged as a system app and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2021
HelloKitty ransomware gang is using a Linux variant of their malware to target VMware ESXi virtual machine platform. A Linux variant of the HelloKitty ransomware was employed in attacks against VMware ESXi systems. The move of the ransomware gang aims at expanding the operations targeting enterprises that are largely adopting virtualizing platforms. Targeting VMware ESXi […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2021
Trickbot botnet is back, its authors implemented updates for the VNC module used for remote control of infected systems. The Trickbot botnet continues to evolve despite the operations conducted by law enforcement aimed at dismantling it. The authors recently implemented an update for the VNC module used for remote control over infected systems. In October, Microsoft’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2021
The infrastructure and leak sites used by the REvil ransomware gang for its operations went offline last night. Starting last night, the infrastructure and the websites used by the REvil ransomware gang were mysteriously unreachable, BleepingComputer first reported. “The REvil ransomware operation, aka Sodinokibi, operates through numerous clear web and dark web sites used as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2021
A CyberNews investigation uncovered a network of wallet addresses used by a scammer group to store and cash out millions in crypto stolen from thousands of victims. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/crypto/millions-of-stolen-crypto-found-investigation/ Mindaugas (who wished his last name not to be disclosed publicly), an executive at a UK-based company, unknowingly fell for a scam when he […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2021
American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers. The attack was likely carried out by the DarkSide ransomware gang […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2021
Researchers from Cyber News Team have spotted threat actors offering for sale 600 million LinkedIn profiles scraped from the platform, again. Original post: https://cybernews.com/news/threat-actors-scrape-600-million-linkedin-profiles-and-are-selling-the-data-online-again/ For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from […]
