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Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2017

A new version of the Scarab ransomware is now being distributed via the Necurs botnet

The Scarab ransomware is now being distributed to millions of users via a massive spam campaign powered with the dreaded Necurs botnet. Scarab is a strain of ransomware, first spotted in June by the security researcher Michael Gillespie, that is now being distributed to millions of users via a massive spam campaign powered with the dreaded Necurs […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2017

Double check if your Bitcoin/Ethereum wallet is exposed online, crooks are running massive Internet scans

Security experts are observing numerous massive scans going on for Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets in order to steal their funds. The continuing increase of both Bitcoin and Ethereum price is attracting crooks that are spending a lot of efforts in the attempt to steal funds stored in the wallets used for these two cryptocurrencies. Security researchers worldwide are observing an […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2017

Crooks set up a fake Symantec Blog to spread the macOS Proton malware

A new strain of the notorious macOS Proton malware is spreading through a blog spoofing the legitimate blog of the security firm Symantec. The attackers used the same domain registration information of the original site, except for the email address. The SSL digital certificate for the site is a legitimate certificate issued by Comodo instead of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017

Unbelievable: Uber concealed data breach that exposed 57 Million records in 2016

Unbelievable: Uber concealed data breach that exposed 57 Million records in 2016 and paid hackers to delete stolen records. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced on Tuesday that hackers broke into the company database and accessed the personal data of 57 million of its users, the bad news is that the company covered up the hack […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2017

BankBot Trojan bypasses again security checks implemented by Google for the Play Store

Experts from several security firms has spotted two new malware campaigns targeting Google Play Store users, once of them spreads the BankBot Trojan. Once again crooks succeeded in publishing a malware in the official Google Play Store deceiving the anti-malware protections implemented by the tech giant. A team composed of security experts from several security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2017

Experts observed a new wave of wp-vcd malware attacks targeting WordPress sites

Experts from the firm Sucuri observed a new wave of wp-vcd malware attacks that is targeting WordPress sites leveraging flaws in outdated plugins and themes A new malware campaign is threatening WordPress installs, the malicious code tracked as wp-vcd hides in legitimate WordPress files and is used by attackers to add a secret admin user and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2017

Cash Converters suffered a data breach, users of the old webshop are at risk

Cash Converters suffered a data breach, its old webshop that was withdrawn on 22 September was hacked and attackers gained unauthorised access to customer data The High street pawnbroker Cash Converters, which sells small loans and second-hand jewellery, has announced it’s suffered a data breach that could put at risk some of its customers are. Customers were […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2017

A second variant of the new Cryptomix Ransomware released in a few days

Malware researchers at MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware, the second one in just a few days. A new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware was recently discovered by the experts at the MalwareHunterTeam, it is the second release of new variants this week. The latest variant appends the. 0000 extension to encrypted files and uses new contact emails, for example, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2017

A new EMOTET Trojan variant improves evasion techniques

Security experts at Trend Micro had recently observed a new variant of the EMOTET banking Trojan that implements new evasion features. EMOTET, aka Geodo, is linked to the dreaded Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat) malware families. In past campaigns, EMOTET was used by crooks to steal banking credentials and as a malicious payload downloader. The experts observed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2017

City of Spring Hill in Tennessee still hasn’t recovered from ransomware attack

In early November, the City of Spring Hill, Tenn, suffered a ransomware attack, but it still hasn’t recovered from attack attack. In early November, the City of Spring Hill, Tenn, suffered a ransomware attack, but government officials refused to pay a $250,000 ransom demanded by the crooks and attempted to restore the database recovering the content […]

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A new version of the Scarab ransomware is now being distributed via the Necurs botnet

Double check if your Bitcoin/Ethereum wallet is exposed online, crooks are running massive Internet scans

Crooks set up a fake Symantec Blog to spread the macOS Proton malware

Unbelievable: Uber concealed data breach that exposed 57 Million records in 2016

BankBot Trojan bypasses again security checks implemented by Google for the Play Store

Experts observed a new wave of wp-vcd malware attacks targeting WordPress sites

Cash Converters suffered a data breach, users of the old webshop are at risk

A second variant of the new Cryptomix Ransomware released in a few days

A new EMOTET Trojan variant improves evasion techniques

City of Spring Hill in Tennessee still hasn’t recovered from ransomware attack

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