Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2020
Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers

Experts warn that hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers vulnerable in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2020-0688 RCE. Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers affected by the CVE-2020-0688 remote code execution flaw. The vulnerability resides in the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) component, the root cause of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020
Reading Municipal Light Department, an electric utility in Massachusetts, hit by ransomware

The Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. This week, the Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. Reading Municipal Light Department provides electricity to over 68,000 citizens that live in the towns […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020
Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

DDoS extortionists are blackmailing Australian banks asking for payments of large sums in Monero cryptocurrency threatening DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals are threatening Australian banks of DDoS attacks if they will not pay large sums in Monero cryptocurrency. The extortion campaign was observed over the past week, attackers are sending emails to the banks threatening to carry […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020
New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic

Researchers from Cybaze Yoroi ZLab have spotted a new campaign exploiting the interest in coronavirus (COVID-19) evolution to spread malware. Introduction Nowadays, it is common to say that the physical world and the cyber world are strictly connected. The proof is the leverage of the current physical threat, the CoronaVirus (COVID-19), as a social engineering […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020
Fbot re-emerged, the backstage

Mirai Fbot is back with the stronger infection speed, “Currently FBOT’s infection speed is about 100 nodes per day.. Don’t trust me, trust the number”, said the researcher who figured the come-back…” In the previous month we covered the mystery behind the Mirai botnet variant dubbed as “Fbot” after the threat’s latest encryption was disclosed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2020
South Korea suffers from the spread of people infected with Corona 19

In this situation, ‘Est security’ found malicious code disguised as a ‘Corona 19 real-time status’ inquiry program and asked the public’s attention. The malware found is an executable program (EXE) using file names such as ‘Corona’s domestic status’ and ‘Corona’s real-time corona status.’ When you run the file, you will see a pop-up window titled […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2020
Hacking campaign targets sites running popular Duplicator WordPress plugin

Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Duplicator WordPress Plugin. Last week the development team behind the popular Duplicator WordPress plugin, the Snap Creek, addressed a zero-day vulnerability that affected at least 1 million websites. Now researchers at security firm WordFence are warning of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2020
Lampion malware v2 February 2020

Since end-December 2019 lampion malware has been noted as the most prominent malware targeting Portuguese organizations. Several devices have been infected when the victims open the zip file downloaded from the URL embedded in the malicious email that lures the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (ATA), Energias de Portugal (EDP), and more recently the DPD firm – an international parcel delivery […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2020
Raccoon Malware, a success case in the cybercrime ecosystem

Raccoon Malware is a recently discovered infostealer that can extract sensitive data from about 60 applications on a targeted system. Racoon malware, Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. The malware is cheap compared to similar threats, it is able to steal sensitive data […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2020
ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia

Cisco Talos researchers discovered a new malware, tracked as ObliqueRAT, that was employed targeted attacks against organizations in Southeast Asia. Experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new malware, tracked as ObliqueRAT, that appears a custom malware developed by a threat actor focused on government and diplomatic targets.  The malware was employed in targeted attacks against […]