Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2020
Sodinokibi gang hacked law firm of the celebrities and threatens to release the docs

The Sodinokibi ransomware gang stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the law firm of the stars, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw). The Sodinokibi ransomware group claims to have stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the entertainment and law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw) that has dozens of international stars and celebrities among […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2020
SilverTerrier gang uses COVID-19 lures in BEC attacks against healthcare, government organizations

Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks observed a Nigerian cyber gang, tracked as SilverTerrier and specialized in BEC attacks, using COVID-19 lures in a recent wave of attacks on healthcare and government organizations. SilverTerrier has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2020
Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. This trend, revealed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB), resulted in the tremendous increase in the number of phishing websites blockages over the given period — it rose by over 230 percent year-on-year. In 2019 in general, web […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2020
Poulight Stealer, a new Comprehensive Stealer from Russia

Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab monitored the evolution and the diffusion of an infostealer dubbed Poulight that most likely has a Russian origin. Introduction Nowadays, info-stealer is one of the most common threats. This category of malware includes famous malware like Azorult, Agent Tesla, and Hawkeye. Infostealer market is one of the most remunerative for cyber criminals, information gathered […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2020
Snake Ransomware hits Europe’s largest private hospital operator Fresenius during COVID-19 outbreak

Snake Ransomware operators launched a new campaign that has infected numerous companies worldwide including an health care organization. The operators behind the Snake Ransomware have launched a new campaign that targeted companies worldwide and that infected at least one organization in the healthcare industry over the last few days. In January experts observed a new […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2020
Brazilian trojan banker is targeting Portuguese users using browser overlay

Since the end of April 2020, a new trojan has been affecting Portuguese users from several bank organizations. The modus operandi of this piece of malware is not new in Portugal. At least since the year of 2014 that new variants have been observed, with minor changes, and with the objective of collecting bank details […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2020
Unacademy hacked, 22 million accounts offered for sale

Hackers have breached the online learning platform Unacademy and are selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Unacademy, one of the largest Indian online learning […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2020
Shipping Giant Toll suffered a second ransomware attack in a few months

Australian shipping giant Toll informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems due to a new ransomware attack. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems after a new ransomware attack, it is the second infection disclosed by the company this […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2020
Law enforcement agencies dismantled Infinity Black hacker group

Europol arrested five members of the Infinity Black hacker group that were selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools. Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, today it has arrested five Polish hackers who were members of the Infinity Black hacking group. The joint operation coordinated by the Europol, saw the participation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2020
Microsoft spotted multiple malspam campaigns using malware-laced ISO and IMG files

Microsoft warns of threat actors targeting organizations with malware-laced ISO and IMG files aimed at delivering a remote access trojan. Microsoft advanced machine learning threat detection models detected multiple malspam campaigns distributing malware-laced ISO. Last week experts from Microsoft detected a COVID-19-themed spam campaign, the messages are crafted to trick users into downloading and mounting […]