Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2019
Crooks use hidden directories of compromised HTTPS sites to deliver malware

Security experts at Zscaler discovered that threat actors are using hidden “well-known” directories of HTTPS sites to store and deliver malicious payloads. Crooks are utilizing hidden “well-known” directories of HTTPS sites running WordPress and Joomla websites to store and serve malicious payloads. Hacked websites were used for several malicious purposes, experts observed compromised WordPress and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Analyzing AZORult malware using NSA Ghidra suite

Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB malware researchers decided to use the NSA Ghidra suite in a real case study, the analysis of the AZORult malware. Introduction One of the most expected moments in the infosec community during the last few months was, with no doubt, the Ghidra public release. On the 5th of March, at the RSA conference, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
BREAKING: new update about DDoS’er Linux/DDoSMan ELF malware based on Elknot

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. Non-Technical-Premise “This report is meant for incident response or Linux forensics purpose, TO HELP admin & IR folks”, with this the very beginning sentence starts the new analysis of one […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Computer systems in the City of Albany hit in Ransomware Attack

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2019
Buca di Beppo, Planet Hollywood and other restaurants owned by Earl Enterprises hit by card breach

Last week, Earl Enterprises admitted having suffered a payment card data breach from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Earl Enterprises admitted that hackers have stolen payment card data from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Restaurants at Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 207 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) data leak exposes data of 2.3M survivors Malware Static Analysis Microsoft Defender APT now protects also macOS WordPress Social Warfare plugin zero-day exploited in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2019
Hackers stole $19 Million from Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange

A new cyber heist made the headlines, the victim is Bithumb, the South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange and hackers stole $19 Million. Hackers have stolen nearly $19 million worth of cryptocurrency from Bithumb, the South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange. The news was first reported by the Primitive Ventures’ Dovey Wan, hackers compromised a number of Bithumb’s hot […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2019
Gustuff Android banking trojan targets 125+ banking, and 32 cryptocurrency apps

Security experts at Group-IB have detected the activity of Gustuff a mobile Android Trojan, which includes potential targets of customers in leading international banks, users of cryptocurrency services, popular ecommerce websites and marketplaces. Gustuff has previously never been reported. Gustuff is a new generation of malware complete with fully automated features designed to steal both fiat […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2019
Operation SaboTor – Police arrested 61 vendors and buyers in the dark web

Operation SaboTor – A coordinated operation conducted by law enforcement agencies from Europe, Canada, and the United States targeted vendors and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces.  The international operations, dubbed operation SaboTor, involved 17 countries, notably Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Portugal. “During the course of this operation, international law enforcement agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2019
A new AZORult C++ variant can establish RDP connections

Experts from Kaspersky observed a new C++ version of the AZORult data stealer that implements the ability to establish RDP connections. The AZORult Trojan is one of the most popular data stealers in the Russian cybercrime underground. The AZORult stealer was first spotted in 2016 by Proofpoint that discovered it was part of a secondary […]