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Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2020
Hackers use overlay screens on legitimate sites to steal Outlook credentials

Experts spotted a phishing campaign that employees overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the victims. Researchers from Cofense discovered a phishing campaign that uses overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the targets. The overlay screens are displayed on top of legitimate webpages to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2020
FBI issued a second flash alert about ProLock ransomware in a few months

FBI issued a second flash alert about ProLock ransomware stealing data, four months after the first advisory published by the feds on the same threat. The FBI has issued the 20200901-001 Private Industry Notification about ProLock ransomware stealing data on September 1st. The fresh alert is the second one related to this threat, the first […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
SunCrypt Ransomware behind North Carolina school district data breach

A school district in North Carolina disclosed a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. The Haywood County School district in North Carolina has suffered a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. The ransomware attack took place on August 24th, 2020, but at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
AlphaBay dark web marketplace moderator was sentenced to 11 years of prison time

Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the popular dark web marketplace AlphaBay. “A Colorado man was […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2020
Hackers use e-skimmer that exfiltrates payment data via Telegram

Researchers observed a new tactic adopted by Magecart groups, the hackers used Telegram to exfiltrate stolen payment details from compromised websites. Researchers from Malwarebytes reported that Magecart groups are using the encrypted messaging service Telegram to exfiltrate stolen payment details from compromised websites. Attackers encrypt payment data to make identification more difficult before transferring it […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2020
Qbot uses a new email collector module in the latest campaign

QBot Trojan operators are using new tactics in their campaign to hijack legitimate email conversations to steal sensitive data from the victims. Researchers from Check Point are warning of a new trend observed in QBot Trojan campaign targeting Microsoft Outlook users, QBot Trojan operators are using new tactics to hijack legitimate email conversations and steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2020
Google removed malicious Terracotta apps from the Play Store

Researchers from White Ops discovers several Android apps in the official Play store which installed on users’ mobile devices the Terracotta ad fraud malware. Researchers from security firm White Ops discovered several Android apps in the official Play Store that installed a hidden browser to load pages containing ad and commit ad fraud. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2020
Emotet botnet has begun to use a new ‘Red Dawn’ template

In August, the Emotet botnet operators switched to a new template, named ‘Red Dawn,’ for the malicious attachments employed in new campaigns.  The notorious Emotet went into the dark since February 2020, but after months of inactivity, the infamous trojan has surged back in July with a new massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide. The Emotet banking trojan […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2020
FBI warns of an increase in online romance scams

The FBI is warning of online romance scams and related financial losses, overall losses associated with those complaints exceeded $475 million. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of online romance scams (also known as confidence fraud), an ongoing criminal activity that continues to cause large financial losses along with emotional effects with unpredictable consequences. Crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Elon Musk confirms that Russian hackers tried to recruit Tesla employee to plant a malware

Elon Musk confirmed that Russian hackers attempted to recruit an employee to install malware into the network of electric car maker Tesla. Recently US authorities arrested the Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) after attempting to recruit an employee at a targeted company to plant a piece of malware. The man was arrested on August […]

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