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Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2018

Experts spotted spam campaigns delivering XTRAT and DUNIHI backdoors bundled with the Adwind RAT

Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted spam campaigns delivering XTRAT and DUNIHI Backdoors and Loki malware bundled with the Adwind RAT. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a spam campaign that delivers the infamous Adwind RAT (aka jRAT) alongside the XTRAT backdoor (aka XtremeRAT) and the Loki info stealer. In a separate Adwind RAT spam campaign, the researchers observed the use […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2018

Unscrupulous crooks behind the RansSIRIA Ransomware try to exploit attentions on Syrian refugee crisis

Researchers at MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new strain of ransomware called RansSIRIA that encrypts victim’s files and then states it will donate the ransom to Syrian refugees. Unscrupulous cybercriminals try to exploit every situation, even the most dramatic incidents. In the past, crooks attempted to exploits the media attention on dramatic events such as the Boston Marathon, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2018

UK Teenager Kane Gamble who hacked CIA Chief and other US intel officials gets 2-year jail sentence

UK teenager Kane Gamble (18) who broke into the email accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the former CIA chief John Brennan. was sentenced to two years in prison. The British hacker Kane Gamble (18) who broke into the email accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the former CIA chief John Brennan. was […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018

At least 20 Million Chrome users have installed malicious Ad Blockers from Chrome store

A security researcher has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 million users. The security researcher Andrey Meshkov, co-founder of Adguard, has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018

ZLAB MALWARE ANALYSIS REPORT: RANSOMWARE-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORMS

Security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an interesting analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Over the years, the diffusion of darknets has created new illegal business models. Along with classic illegal goods such as drugs and payment card data, other services appeared in the criminal underground, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2018

Roaming Mantis Malware Campaign Leverages Hacked Routers to Infect Android Users With Banking Trojan

According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. Imagine a nefarious person swapped out your […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2018

Microsoft engineer charged with money laundering linked to Reveton ransomware

The Microsoft network engineer Raymond Uadiale (41) is facing federal charges in Florida for the alleged involvement in Reveton Ransomware case. The man is suspected to have had a role in helping launder money obtained from victims of the Reventon ransomware. Uadiale currently works at Microsoft site in Seattle since 2014, according to Florida police between October […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2018

Malware researcher have dismantled the EITest Network composed of 52,000

Malware researchers from Abuse.ch, BrillantIT, and Proofpoint have sinkholed the control infrastructure behind EITest campaign and shut down it. Malware researchers from Abuse.ch, BrillantIT, and Proofpoint have sinkholed the control infrastructure behind EITest campaign that leveraged on a network of hacked servers exploited by crooks to distribute traffic (TDS). The network was used to redirect users to compromised domains hosting exploit kits, delivering […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018

When the Russian Malware coder Gatsoev is praised by the Russian head of Information Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of North Ossetia

When the Russian young Malware coder is praised by the Russian head of Information Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of North Ossetia. Under the spotlight: the story of Atsamaz Gatsoev (aka “1ms0rry”) who has set up his illegal business. A new write-up made by a security researcher known as Benkow (@Benkow_) has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2018

Public services at the Caribbean island Sint Maarten shut down by a cyber attack

A cyber attack shut down the entire government infrastructure of the Caribbean island Sint Maarten. public services were interrupted. A massive cyber attack took offline the entire government infrastructure of the Caribbean island Sint Maarten. it is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Government building remained closed after the attack. “The Ministry of General Affairs hereby informs […]

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Experts spotted spam campaigns delivering XTRAT and DUNIHI backdoors bundled with the Adwind RAT

Unscrupulous crooks behind the RansSIRIA Ransomware try to exploit attentions on Syrian refugee crisis

UK Teenager Kane Gamble who hacked CIA Chief and other US intel officials gets 2-year jail sentence

At least 20 Million Chrome users have installed malicious Ad Blockers from Chrome store

ZLAB MALWARE ANALYSIS REPORT: RANSOMWARE-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORMS

Roaming Mantis Malware Campaign Leverages Hacked Routers to Infect Android Users With Banking Trojan

Microsoft engineer charged with money laundering linked to Reveton ransomware

Malware researcher have dismantled the EITest Network composed of 52,000

When the Russian Malware coder Gatsoev is praised by the Russian head of Information Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of North Ossetia

Public services at the Caribbean island Sint Maarten shut down by a cyber attack

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