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Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2020

WordPress WP-VCD malware delivered via pirated Coronavirus plugins

Crooks behind the WordPress WP-VCD malware are distributing pirated versions of the Coronavirus plugins that inject a backdoor into websites. behind the WordPress WP-VCD malware are distributing pirated versions of the Coronavirus plugins that inject a backdoor into websites The malware was first spotted in July 2017 by the Italian security expert Manuel D’Orso who noticed that the malicious code was […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020

Tupperware website has been compromised with a payment card skimmer

The Tupperware website, the popular manufactured of plastic food container products was infected with a payment card skimmer. Hackers have compromised the website of the popular vendor of plastic food container products Tupperware implanting a payment card skimmer used to steal customers’ payment card details. The official website has approximately 1 million monthly visits on average. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020

Fake Coronavirus Finder spread Ginp Mobile Banker

Security experts have spotted a new COVID-themed campaign aimed at distributing the Ginp Mobile Banker with “Coronavirus Finder” lure. With the COVID19 outbreak, the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks is rapidly increasing. Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a malicious campaign that is spreading the Android banking trojan Ginp masquerade as a Coronavirus Finder. “Cybercriminals behind Ginp, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2020

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sites

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on coronavirus scam sites. The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. The New York Attorney General asks GoDaddy, Namecheap, Register.com, and Endurance International Group and other domain […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020

Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

Operation Pangea is the name of a joint international operation lead by the Interpol that seized €13 million in counterfeit drugs for care. The Coronavirus outbreak is sustaining an unprecedented demand in hygiene products, surgical masks, and drugs that could care the COVID infection. The Europol announced the result of an international operation, dubbed Operation Pangea, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020

Coronavirus-themed campaign delivers a new variant of Netwalker Ransomware

MalwareHunterTeam experts have identified a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that aims at delivering the Netwalker Ransomware. The number of coronavirus-themed cyberattacks continues to increase, MalwareHunterTeam researchers uncovered a new campaign that is delivering the Netwalker Ransomware, aka Mailto. The researchers have analyzed an attachment, named “CORONAVIRUS_COVID-19.vbs,” used in a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that was designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020

538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

Hackers are offering for sale on the dark web data belonging to 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers. Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. 107 million records include personal data and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020

Botnet operators target multiple zero-day flaws in LILIN DVRs

Experts observed multiple botnets exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in DVRs for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN. Botnet operators are exploiting several zero-day vulnerabilities in digital video recorders (DVRs) for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN- According to the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360’s Netlab team, operators of several botnets, including Chalubo, FBot, and Moobot, targeting LILIN DVRs at least since […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2020

Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 15 to March 21, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 21, 2020 – New […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2020

New Coronavirus-themed attack uses fake WHO chief emails

Day after day the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver keyloggers on users’ PC Experts from IBM X-Force have uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign aimed at delivering keyloggers on users’ PC Threat actors are using phishing emails claiming to be sent from the chief of the World Health […]

Cyber Crime

WordPress WP-VCD malware delivered via pirated Coronavirus plugins

Tupperware website has been compromised with a payment card skimmer

Fake Coronavirus Finder spread Ginp Mobile Banker

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sites

Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

Coronavirus-themed campaign delivers a new variant of Netwalker Ransomware

538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

Botnet operators target multiple zero-day flaws in LILIN DVRs

Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020

New Coronavirus-themed attack uses fake WHO chief emails

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