Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2024
A botnet employed in DDoS or cryptomining attacks is exploiting a zero-day in end-of-life GeoVision devices to grow up. Researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation observed a botnet exploiting a zero-day in GeoVision EOL (end-of-Life) devices to compromise devices in the wild. The GeoVision zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-11120 (CVSS 9.8), is a pre-auth command injection vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2024
The Glove Stealer malware exploits a new technique to bypass Chromeâs App-Bound encryption and steal browser cookies. Glove Stealer is a .NET-based information stealer that targets browser extensions and locally installed software to steal sensitive data. The malware could harvest a huge trove of data from infected systems, including cookies, autofill, cryptocurrency wallets, 2FA authenticators, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2024
Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware, which modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives. ShrinkLocker ransomware was first discovered in May 2024 by researchers from Kaspersky. Unlike modern ransomware it doesn’t rely on sophisticated encryption algorithms and modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives. It first checks if BitLocker is enabled […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2024
China’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged, using the same core infrastructure and techniques, according to SecurityScorecard researchers. The China-linked Volt Typhoon’s botnet has resurfaced using the same infrastructure and techniques, per SecurityScorecard researchers. In May 2023, Microsoft reported that the Volt Typhoon APT infiltrated critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected. The group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2024
New Ymir ransomware was deployed in attacks shortly after systems were breached by RustyStealer malware, Kaspersky warns. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new ransomware family, called Ymir ransomware, which attackers deployed after breaching systems via PowerShell commands. Ymir includes detection-evasion features, executing tasks in memory using functions like malloc, memmove, and memcmp. Attackers initially accessed systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2024
Fortinet researchers discovered a new phishing campaign spreading a variant of the commercial malware Remcos RAT. Fortinetâs FortiGuard Labs recently uncovered a phishing campaign spreading a new variant of the Remcos RAT. Remcos is a commercial remote administration tool (RAT) that is sold online to allow buyers remote control over computers. Threat actors use Remcos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 10, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. CRON#TRAP: Emulated Linux Environments as the Latest Tactic in Malware Staging Typosquat Campaign Targeting npm Developers ToxicPanda: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2024
A critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-40711, in Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) was also recently exploited to deploy Frag ransomware. In mid-October, Sophos researchers warned that ransomware operators are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication to create rogue accounts and deploy malware. In early September 2024, Veeam released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2024
Texas oilfield supplier Newpark Resources suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its information systems and business applications. Texas oilfield supplier Newpark Resources revealed that a ransomware attack on October 29 disrupted access to some of its information systems and business applications. The company immediately activated its cybersecurity response plan and launched an investigation into the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2024
SentinelLabs observed North Korea-linked threat actor BlueNoroff targeting businesses in the crypto industry with a new multi-stage malware. SentinelLabs researchers identified a North Korea-linked threat actor targeting crypto businesses with new macOS malware as part of a campaign tracked as “Hidden Risk.” The attackers, linked to BlueNoroff and past RustBucket campaigns, used fake cryptocurrency news emails […]
Cyber Crime / November 15, 2024
