Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days. The IT giant also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
Syrian-linked APT group SEA recently used COVID-19-themed lures as part of a long-running surveillance campaign, security researchers warn. Syrian hackers are behind a long-running campaign that has been active since January 2018 and that targets Arabic-speaking Android users. The campaign aimed at users in Syria and surrounding regions was spotted by experts from mobile security firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2020
The shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was victim of a malware-based attack that caused an outage recently. The shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) discloses a malware-based attack that took place on April 10. The incident affected the company’s data center and took down its website, msc.com, and its myMSC customer and vendor portal. “The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2020
Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Crooks continue to launch Coronavirus-themed attacks, in the last weeks, experts observed hackers hijacking D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to COVID19-themed sites spreading malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2020
The United States agencies released a joint advisory warning of ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by North Korea-linked hackers to the global financial sector. The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint advisory that is warning organizations worldwide about the ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by the North Korean nation-state […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
Hackers are selling two zero-day exploits for critical issues affecting the video conferencing software Zoom that would allow attackers to spy on communications. Hackers are offering for sale an exploit for a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Windows client for Zoom. The zero-day exploit goes for $500,000, hackers are also offering another exploit code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
Experts at email security firm Mimecast has uncovered a flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Researchers at email security firm Mimecast have uncovered a new flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. The campaign is simple as effective, scammers attempt to target individuals that are waiting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. The Chrome browser extensions were discovered by researchers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
The report focuses on phishing kits – the driving force of the phishing industry, which is hard to detect but extremely valuable in terms of fight against phishing. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has found out that phishing kits are the new bestsellers of the underground market, with the number of phishing kit ads on underground forums and their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
Security researchers from ESET revealed that the infamous Russian hacker group known as Energetic Bear is behind the hack of two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites. Researchers from ESET believe that the attacks against two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites were carried out by the Russian cyber-espionage group known as Energetic Bear (aka […]
