Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2021
A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Unknown threat actors hacked the Verified forum in January, Crdclub in February, and Exploit and Maza in March, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2021
Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. The research dives deep into the global ransomware outbreak in 2020 and analyzes major players’ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). By […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2021
Cybersecurity firm Qualys seems to have suffered a data breach, threat actors allegedly exploited zero-day flaw in their Accellion FTA server. Cybersecurity firm Qualys is the latest victim of a cyber attack, the company was likely hacked by threat actors that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server. A couple of weeks ago, security experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2021
Avast researchers reported that the infamous Ursnif Trojan was employed in attacks against at least 100 banks in Italy. Avast experts recently obtained information on possible victims of Ursnif malware that confirms the interest of malware operators in targeting Italian banks. Operators behind this attacks have stolen financial data and credential from targeted financial institutions. “Among the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2021
The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January, but a senior editor at the site revealed that the hackers took control of the domain in September 2020. The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January 2021, but according to Brian Foy, senior editor of Perl.com, the attack took place months before, in September 2020. Attackers have taken over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2021
JFC International, a major wholesaler and distributor of Asian food products in the United States, was hit by ransomware. JFC International, a major distributor and wholesaler of Asian food products, announced it has recently suffered a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack only impacted JFC International’s Europe Group, the malware caused the disruption of some of its IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2021
The Javascript-based infection framework for the Gootkit RAT was enhanced to deliver a wider variety of malware, including ransomware. Experts from Sophos documented the evolution of the “Gootloader,” the framework used for delivering the Gootkit RAT banking Trojan. The framework was improved to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. “In recent years, almost […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2021
‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. A cybercrime group called ‘Hotarus Corp’ has breached the Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the local Ministry of Finance (the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Ecuador). The group claims to have also stolen data from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2021
Hackers have broken into the biochemical systems of an Oxford University lab where researchers are working on the study of Covid-19. Hackers compromised the systems at one of the most advanced biology labs at the Oxford University that is involved in the research on the Covid-19 pandemic. The news was disclosed by Forbes and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2021
Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirmed that the recent cyberattack that forced it to take its servers offline was caused by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. On February 14, Dutch Research Council (NWO) was hit by a cyber attack that compromised its network and impacted its operations. In response to the incident, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) […]
