Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators have started to run Facebook advertisements to force their victims into paying the ransom. In November 2019, ransomware operators have started adopting a new double-extortion strategy first used by the Maze gang that sees threat actors also stealing unencrypted files before encrypting infected systems. Then the attackers threaten to release the stolen […]
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new Android banking Trojan, dubbed Ghimob, that is able to steal data from 112 financial Apps Ghimob is a new Android banking Trojan discovered by Kaspersky that is able to steal data from 112 financial apps. In July, cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky Lab have detailed four different families of […]
The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. Compal Electronics is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, tablets and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple Inc., Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. […]
The e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack at the end of October, e-stores hosted by the company went down. At the end of October, the e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack, the infection brought down customers’ e-stores hosted by the company on its platform. The software and services company X-Cart was recently acquired […]
Experts spotted a creative Office 365 phishing campaign that inverts images used as backgrounds for landing pages to avoid getting flagged as malicious. Researchers at WMC Global have spotted a new creative Office 365 phishing campaign that has been inverting images used as backgrounds for landing pages to avoid getting flagged as malicious by security […]
Bigbasket, a prominent online grocery store in India, allegedly suffered a data breach, details of over 20 million people available in the darkweb. Grocery e-commerce website Bigbasket has allegedly suffered a data breach, according to cyber intelligence firm Cyble, the details of over 20 million people available in the darkweb. BigBasket was founded by Alibaba […]
At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. At the end of October, threat actors have started scanning the Internet for servers running vulnerable installs of Oracle WebLogic in the […]
The RansomExx Ransomware gang is expanding its operations by creating a new version that is able to infect Linux machines. RansomExx ransomware operators are expanding their operations by developing a Linux version of their malware. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware, also tracked as Defray777. This week the RansomExx ransomware has been […]
The United States announced the seizure of $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace. On November 3, The United States this week announced that it has seized $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace over half a decade ago. “The United […]
Threat Report Portugal Q3 2020: Data related to Phishing and malware attacks based on the Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática. This feed is based on automatic searches and also has a strong contribution from […]