Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
Compal, the Taiwanese giant laptop manufacturer hit by ransomware

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. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
E-commerce platform X-Cart hit by a ransomware attack

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2020
Creative Office 365 phishing inverts images to avoid detection bots

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2020
20 million Bigbasket user records available on the dark web

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2020
Ransomware operators target CVE-2020-14882 WebLogic flaw

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
RansomExx ransomware now targets also Linux systems

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
US authorities behind $1 billion Bitcoin transaction of Silk Road funds

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2020

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
Brazil’s court system shut down after a massive ransomware attack

This week, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice has temporarily shut down its operation following a ransomware attack during judgment sessions. Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice was hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday during judgment sessions, the attack forced a temporary shut down of the court’s information technology network. “The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) announces that the court’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
Prominent Italian firms under attack, Campari is the last one

Campari Group, the Italian beverage giant has been hit by a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down a large part of its IT network. Campari Group, the Italian beverage giant has been hit by a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down a large part of its IT network. The […]