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Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018

A new multi-stage attack deploys a password stealer without using macros

Security researchers at Trustwave spotted a new malicious campaign that uses a multi-stage attack to deploy a password stealer. Researchers at Trustwave have spotted a new malware-based campaign that uses a multi-stage infection to deploy a password stealer malware. Hackers leverage the infamous Necurs botnet to distribute spam emails delivering Microsoft Office documents that embedded malicious macros. DOCX […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2018

SIM Hijacking – T-Mobile customers were victims an info disclosure exploit

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai published an interesting post on SIM hijacking highlighted the risks for the end users and their exposure to this illegal practice. In 2017, hackers stole some personal information belonging to T-Mobile customers by exploiting a well-known vulnerability. A video tutorial titled ‘T-Mobile Info Disclosure exploit’ showing how to use the flaw was also published […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2018

City Union Bank is the last victim of a cyber attack that used SWIFT to transfer funds

The Indian bank Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank announced that cyber criminals compromised its systems and transferred a total of US$1.8 million. During the weekend, the Russian central bank revealed a new attack against the SWIFT system, unknown hackers have stolen 339.5 million roubles (roughly $6 million) from a Russian bank last year. Even if the SWIFT international bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2018

JenkinsMiner made $3.4 million in a few months by compromising Jenkins servers

Hacker Group Makes $3 Million by Installing Monero Miners on Jenkins Servers A criminal organization has made $3.4 million by compromising Jenkins servers and installing a Monero cryptocurrency miner dubbed JenkinsMiner. “The perpetrator, allegedly of Chinese origin, has been running the XMRig miner on many versions of Windows, and has already secured him over $3 million worth […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2018

COINHOARDER criminal gang made an estimated $50 million with a Bitcoin phishing campaign

Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign conducted by a criminal gang tracked as Coinhoarder that made an estimated $50 million by exploiting Google AdWords. Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign for several months with the help of the Ukraine Cyberpolice. The gang, tracked as Coinhoarder, has made an estimated $50 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2018

Researchers spotted a new malware in the wild, the Saturn Ransomware

Researchers at the MalwareHunterTeam spotted a new strain of ransomware called Saturn Ransomware, the name derives from the .saturn extension it appends to the name of the encrypted files. Currently, the malware requests victims of $300 USD payment that doubles after 7 days. Once infected a system, the Saturn Ransomware checks if it is running in a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2018

Unknown hackers stole $6 million from a Russian bank via SWIFT system last year

A new attack against the SWIFT system made the headlines again, unknown hackers have stolen 339.5 million roubles (roughly $6 million) from a Russian bank last year. The news of the attack against the international payments messaging system was reported on Friday by the Russian central bank, this is the last incident of a long string […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2018

A new variant of the dreaded AndroRAT malware appeared in threat landscape

Security researchers from Trend Micro detected a new variant of the popular AndroRAT Android RAT in the criminal ecosystem. Security experts from Trend Micro reported the availability of a new variant of the popular AndroRAT. The malware was first born in 2012 as a university project, designed as an open-source client/server application to offer remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2018

Hackers in the Russian underground exploited a Telegram Zero-Day vulnerability to deliver malware

Security researcher Alexey Firsh at Kaspersky Lab last discovered a Telegram zero-day in the desktop Windows version that was exploited in attacks in the wild. Security researcher Alexey Firsh at Kaspersky Lab last discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the desktop Windows version of the popular Telegram instant messaging app. The bad news is that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2018

Necurs botnet is behind seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam

Necurs botnet made headline again, the experts at IBM X-Force research team observed a spike in seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails. Necurs botnet made headline again, the experts at IBM X-Force research team observed a spike in the activity of the infamous botnet. Necurs was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed it activity in April 2017. The Necurs botnet was used […]

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A new multi-stage attack deploys a password stealer without using macros

SIM Hijacking – T-Mobile customers were victims an info disclosure exploit

City Union Bank is the last victim of a cyber attack that used SWIFT to transfer funds

JenkinsMiner made $3.4 million in a few months by compromising Jenkins servers

COINHOARDER criminal gang made an estimated $50 million with a Bitcoin phishing campaign

Researchers spotted a new malware in the wild, the Saturn Ransomware

Unknown hackers stole $6 million from a Russian bank via SWIFT system last year

A new variant of the dreaded AndroRAT malware appeared in threat landscape

Hackers in the Russian underground exploited a Telegram Zero-Day vulnerability to deliver malware

Necurs botnet is behind seasonal campaigns of Valentine’s Day-themed spam

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