Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2020
The number of ransomware attacks increased by 40 percent last year, according to Group-IB attackers think bigger and grow more advanced. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, found out that the year of 2019 was marked by ransomware evolution and was dominated by increasingly aggressive ransomware campaigns, with its operators resorting to more cunning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2020
A joint operations conducted by experts from Chinese firms Qihoo 360 Netlab and Baidu dismantle the ShuangQiang ‘s botnet infecting over hundreds of thousands of systems. A joint operation conducted by Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab and tech giant Baidu disrupted a botnet operated by a group tracked as ShuangQiang (aka Double Gun) that infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2020
Researchers disclosed a new critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-0096, aka StrandHogg 2.0) affecting the Android operating system that could allow attackers to carry out a sophisticated version of Strandhogg attack. A group of Norwegian researchers disclosed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0096, affecting Android OS that could allow attackers to carry out a sophisticated version of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2020
Threat actors are offering for sale more than two dozen SQL databases belonging to e-commerce websites for different countries. Hackers are offering for sale more than two dozen SQL databases stolen from online shops from multiple countries. Threat actors have compromised insecure servers exposed online and after copying the content of their websites they left […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2020
Ransomware encrypts from virtual machines to evade antivirus Ragnar Locker deploys Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files, the trick allows to evaded detection from security software. Crooks always devise new techniques to evade detection, the Ragnar Locker is deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files while bypassing security measures. The Ragnar […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2020
Three hacking forums Nulled[.]ch, Sinfulsite[.]com, and suxx[.]to have been hacked and their databases have been leaked online Researchers from intelligence firm Cyble made the headlines again, this time they have discovered online the databases of three hacking forums. The three forums are Sinful Site, SUXX.TO and Nulled, they were all hacked. These cybercrime forums are places of aggregation for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2020
A threat actor is offering for sale on a dark web marketplace a database containing 25 million user records belonging to the Mathway. A data breach broker, known as Shiny Hunters, is offering for sale on a dark web marketplace a database that contains 25 million user records for Mathway. Early May, Shiny Hunters attempted to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2020
A team of hackers and cyber-security researchers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver for iOS devices. A team of cyber-security researchers and hackers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver (from the name of the team that devised it) that works on all recent iOS versions.devices, even those running the current iOS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2020
This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 17 to May 23, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. May 19 – Hackers Target Oil Producers During […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2020
Researchers have discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Researchers discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search […]
