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Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2017

Honda halted production in a factory after finding WannaCry traces in its networks

The Honda company shuts down a factory in Japan after finding the WannaCry ransomware in its networks after 5 weeks its massive attack. The WannaCry ransomware makes the headlines once again, The Honda Company to stopped the production in one of its plant in Japan after discovering the malware in its computer networks, The Honda automaker […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2017

South Korean hosting provider NAYANA infected by Erebus ransomware, it paid $1 Million to crooks

South Korean web hosting company NAYANA was hit by the Erebus ransomware that infected 153 Linux servers and over 3,400 business websites the company hosts. The South Korean web hosting provider NAYANA has paid $1 million in bitcoins to crooks after a Linux ransomware infected its systems. its 153 servers, encrypting 3,400 business websites and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017

Two Ztorg Trojans Removed from Google Play Store Are Definitely Better

For the second time in a month, Google removed malicious apps infected with the Ztorg Trojans that could allow attackers to root targeted devices. Most software developers update their apps to patch vulnerabilities and add new features. But when the software is malware, an update could be the worst thing to do. The Google Play […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017

TrickBot gang is back with new campaigns targeting Payment Processors and CRM Providers

Threat actors behind the financial trojan TrickBot have been updating its campaigns targeting Payment Processors and CRM Providers. Threat actors behind Banking Trojan TrickBot switched from financial institutions to Payment processors and CRM providers. TrickBot was initially observed in September 2016 by the researchers at security firm Fidelis Cybersecurity, that linked it to the Dyre banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2017

Pinkslipbot banking Trojan exploiting infected machines as control servers

Pinkslipbot banking Trojan is a banking Trojan that uses a complicated multistage proxy for HTTPS-based control server communication. Security researchers at McAfee Labs have spotted a new strain of the Pinkslipbot banking malware (also known as QakBot/QBot) that leverages UPnP to open ports, allowing incoming connections from anyone on the Internet to communicate with the infected […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2017

Rufus malware used to empty ATMs running outdated OS in India

Indian authorities are facing with the Rufus malware, a malicious code used to clean out ATMs running outdated Windows XP software across states. Many security firms and law enforcement agencies are warning of malware-based attacks against ATM. Recently 27 people have been arrested by the Europol for jackpotting attacks on ATM across many countries in Europe. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017

Buckle Inc. confirmed credit card breach at its stores

An official statement issued by the Buckle Inc. retail confirmed that a point-of-sale malware was discovered on cash registers at its stores. A few hours ago, the popular investigator and cyber security expert Brian Krebs contacted the Buckle Inc. company after sources in the financial sector reported him about a possible card breach at the retailer. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2017

New Code-injecting SOREBRECT Fileless Ransomware detected in the wild

The number of fileless malware continues to increase, recently security researchers spotted a new Fileless Ransomware dubbed Sorebrect. Sorebrect is able to inject malicious code into a legitimate system process (svchost.exe) on a targeted system and it terminates its binary to evade detection. It also make hard forensics analysis by deleting the affected system’s event logs using […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2017

False Flag Attack on Multi Stage Delivery of Malware to Italian Organisations

Researchers at the security firm Yoroi have discovered a False Flag Attack on Multi-Stage Delivery of Malware to Italian Organisations. Everything started from a well edited Italian language email (given to me from a colleague of mine, thank you Luca!) reaching out many Italian companies. The Italian language email had a weird attachment: ordine_065.js (it […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2017

Thailand: police raided massive click farms with more 500k SIM cards

Thailand: Police raided massive click farms, the agents have seized nearly half a million SIM cards and hundreds of iPhones used to promote products online. Police and army troops in Thailand has raided a massive click-fraud farm, the agents have seized nearly half a million SIM cards and hundreds of iPhones used to promote products online. The authorities have raided to rented houses […]

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Honda halted production in a factory after finding WannaCry traces in its networks

South Korean hosting provider NAYANA infected by Erebus ransomware, it paid $1 Million to crooks

Two Ztorg Trojans Removed from Google Play Store Are Definitely Better

TrickBot gang is back with new campaigns targeting Payment Processors and CRM Providers

Pinkslipbot banking Trojan exploiting infected machines as control servers

Rufus malware used to empty ATMs running outdated OS in India

Buckle Inc. confirmed credit card breach at its stores

New Code-injecting SOREBRECT Fileless Ransomware detected in the wild

False Flag Attack on Multi Stage Delivery of Malware to Italian Organisations

Thailand: police raided massive click farms with more 500k SIM cards

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