Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2023
EvilProxy used in massive cloud account takeover scheme

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months. Most of the attacks targeted high-ranking executives. The researchers estimated […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2023
LockBit threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical Systems

The LockBit ransomware group threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical Systems. The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked the healthcare company Varian Medical Systems and threatens to leak the medical data of cancer patients. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services medical devices and software products […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2023
A new sophisticated SkidMap variant targets unsecured Redis servers

A new campaign targets Redis servers, this time the malware employed in the attacks is a new variant of the SkidMap malware. Skidmap is a piece of crypto-miner detected by Trend Micro in September 2019 while it was targeting Linux machines. The malicious code used kernel-mode rootkits to evade detection, it differs from similar miners because […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2023
FBI warns of crooks posing as NFT developers in fraudulent schema

The FBI is warning about cyber criminals masquerading as NFT developers to steal cryptocurrency and other digital assets. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning about cyber criminals posing as legitimate NFT developers in fraud schemes designed to target active users within the NFT community. The end goal is to steal cryptocurrency and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2023
Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016

A married couple from New York pleaded guilty this week to laundering billions of dollars stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The couple pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the hack of the cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex that took place in 2016. The hackers stole 120,000 Bitcoin and the theft had serious repercussions […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2023
Attackers use dynamic code loading to bypass Google Play store’s malware detections

Threat actors rely on the ‘versioning’ technique to evade malware detections of malicious code uploaded to the Google Play Store. Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) revealed that threat actors are using a technique called versioning to evade malware detection implemented to detect malicious code uploaded to the Google Play Store. The technique is not new […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2023
NodeStealer 2.0 takes over Facebook Business accounts and targets crypto wallets

Researchers spotted a Python variant of the NodeStealer that was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. Palo Alto Network Unit 42 discovered a previously unreported phishing campaign that distributed a Python variant of the NodeStealer. The malicious code was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and steal funds from cryptocurrency wallets. Since December […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2023
WikiLoader malware-as-a-service targets Italian organizations

Threat actors are targeting Italian organizations with a phishing campaign aimed at delivering a new malware called WikiLoader. WikiLoader is a new piece of malware that is employed in a phishing campaign that is targeting Italian organizations. Threat actors behind the campaign are using WikiLoader to deliver a banking trojan, stealer, and malware such as Ursnif to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2023
Experts discovered a previously undocumented initial access vector used by P2PInfect worm

Cado Security observed a new variant of the P2PInfect worm targets Redis servers with a previously undocumented initial access vector. In July, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems. The capability to target Redis servers running on both Linux […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2023
Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers

A Linux variant of the Abyss Locker designed to target VMware ESXi servers appeared in the threat landscape, experts warn. The operators behind the Abyss Locker developed a Linux variant that targets VMware ESXi servers expanding their potential targets. VMware ESXi servers are privileged targets of ransomware groups and are often part of enterprises’ infrastructures. […]