Malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2021
SharkBot, a new Android Trojan targets banks in Europe

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. The name comes after one of the domains used for its command and control servers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
Operation Reacharound – Emotet malware is back

The Emotet botnet is still active, ten months after an international operation coordinated by Europol shut down its infrastructure. Early this year, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET botnet. At the time the investigators have taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.  […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus group targets cybersecurity experts with Trojanized IDA Pro

North Korea-linked APT Lazarus targets security researchers using a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software. ESET researchers reported that the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting cyber security community with a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software. Threat actors bundled the IDA Pro 7.5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
QAKBOT Trojan returns using Squirrelwaffle as a dropper

Experts warn of a surge in infections of the QBot (aka Quakbot) banking trojan which seems to be associated with the rise of Squirrelwaffle. Researchers warn of a new wave of QBot (aka Qakbot) banking trojan infections that appears to be associated with the rise of Squirrelwaffle. “Toward the end of September 2021, we noted […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2021
GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app

Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT remote access trojan masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT RAT masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. GravityRAT was first spotted by Cisco Talos researchers in 2017 who speculate it remained under the radar for at least a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
HTML Smuggling technique used in phishing and malspam campaigns

Threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, Microsoft researchers warn. Microsoft experts warn that threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns to stealthily deliver threats. HTML smuggling is a highly evasive technique for malware delivery that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features. The malicious payloads are delivered via encoded […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
macOS Zero-Day exploited in watering hole attacks on users in Hong Kong

Google revealed that threat actors recently exploited a zero-day vulnerability in macOS to deliver malware to users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. The attackers exploited a XNU privilege escalation vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
BotenaGo botnet targets millions of IoT devices using 33 exploits

Researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that is using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. BotenaGo is a new botnet discovered by researchers at AT&T that leverages thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. Below is the list of exploits used by the bot: Vulnerability  Affected devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
DoJ sentenced to 10 years Russian ‘King of Fraud’ behind the fraud scheme 3ve

The US DoJ sentenced a Russian man for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve’). The US DoJ sentenced the Russian nation Aleksandr Zhukov, aka the ‘King of Fraud,’ for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve‘) that stole at least $7 million from US organizations. DoJ sentenced Zhukov […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
Sophisticated Android spyware PhoneSpy infected thousands of Korean phones

South Korean users have been targeted with a new sophisticated Android spyware, tracked as PhoneSpy, as part of an ongoing campaign. Researchers from Zimperium zLabs uncovered an ongoing campaign aimed at infecting the mobile phones of South Korean users with new sophisticated android spyware dubbed PhoneSpy. The malware already hit more than a thousand South […]