Malware

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2022
CISA added 98 domains to the joint alert related to Conti ransomware gang

The U.S. CISA has updated the alert on Conti ransomware and added 98 domain names used by the criminal gang. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated the alert on Conti ransomware operations, the agency added 100 domain names used by the group. The joint report published by CISA, the Federal Bureau […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2022
New Emotet botnet is rapidly growing, with +130K unique bots spread across 179 countries

A few months after its return the Emotet botnet has already infected over 130,000 unique bots spread across 179 countries. The Emotet botnet continues to grow and has infected approximately 130,000 hosts since its resurrection in November 2021. Early 2021, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
Ragnar Locker ransomware group breached at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors

The US FBI warns that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA published a flash alert to warn that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations across […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2022
SharkBot, the new generation banking Trojan distributed via Play Store

SharkBot banking malware was able to evade Google Play Store security checks masqueraded as an antivirus app. SharkBot is a banking trojan that has been active since October 2021, it allows to steal banking account credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication mechanisms. The malware was spotted at the end of October by researchers from cyber security firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2022
Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware

Malware based attacks are targeting charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing support in Ukraine Charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that in these weeks are providing support in Ukraine are targeted by malware attacks aiming to disrupt their operations. The news was reported by Amazon that associates the attacks with state-sponsored hackers and confirmed that it […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2022
Lapsus$ gang leaks data allegedly stolen from Samsung Electronics

The Lapsus$ ransomware group claimed to have hacked Samsung Electronics and leaked alleged stolen confidential data. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang claims to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from Samsung Electronics and leaked 190GB of alleged Samsung data as proof of the hack. The gang announced the availability of the sample data on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2022
Avast released a free decryptor for the HermeticRansom that hit Ukraine

Avast released a decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware used in recent targeted attacks against Ukrainian entities. Avast has released a free decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware employed in targeted attacks against Ukrainian systems since February 23. The security firms aim at helping Ukrainians victims in recovering their file for free. The HermeticRansomware was one of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Asylum Ambuscade spear-phishing campaign targets EU countries aiding Ukrainian refugees

A spear-phishing campaign, tracked as Asylum Ambuscade, targets European government personnel aiding Ukrainian refugees. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint uncovered a spear-phishing campaign, likely conducted by a nation-state actor, that compromised a Ukrainian armed service member’s email account to target European government personnel involved in managing the logistics of refugees fleeing Ukraine. The phishing messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
NVIDIA discloses data breach after the recent cyber attack

Chipmaker giant Nvidia confirmed a data breach after the recently disclosed security incident, proprietary information stolen. The chipmaker giant Nvidia was recently the victim of a cyber attack that impacted some of its systems for two days. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Ukrainian researcher leaked the source code of Conti Ransomware

A Ukrainian researcher leaked the source for the Conti ransomware and components for the control panels. Recently a Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. He was able to access the database XMPP chat server of the Conti group. Clearly, the […]