Malware

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
ERMAC, a new banking Trojan that borrows the code from Cerberus malware

ERMAC is a new Android banking Trojan that can steal financial data from 378 banking and wallet apps. Researchers from Threatfabric found in July a new Android banking trojan dubbed ERMAC that is almost fully based on the popular banking trojan Cerberus. The source code of Cerberus was released in September 2020 on underground hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
New BloodyStealer malware is targeting the gaming sector

Researchers spotted a new malware, dubbed BloodyStealer, that could allow stealing accounts for multiple gaming platforms. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a new malware dubbed BloodyStealer that is being used by threat actors to steal accounts for multiple gaming platforms, including Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG Galaxy, EA Origin, and more. The infostealer is available […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2021
Jupyter infostealer continues to evolve and is distributed via MSI installers

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a new version of the Jupyter infostealer which is distributed via MSI installers. Cybersecurity researchers from Morphisec have spotted a new version of the Jupyter infostealer that continues to be highly evasive. In November 2020, researchers at Morphisec have spotted Russian-speaking threat actors that have been using a piece of .NET infostealer, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
GSS, one of the major European call center providers, suffered a ransomware attack

The customer care and call center provider GSS has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its systems and impacted its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS customer care and call center provider has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its system and paralyzed call centers serving its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS is the Spanish and Latin America division of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2021
Crystal Valley hit by ransomware attack, it is the second farming cooperative shut down in a week

Minnesota-based farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley was hit by a ransomware attack, it is the second attack against the agriculture business in a few days. Minnesota farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley has suffered a ransomware attack, this is the second farming cooperative that was hit by ransomware operators in a few days. At this time, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2021
Turla APT group used a new backdoor in attacks against Afghanistan, Germany and the US

Russia-linked cyber espionage group Turla made the headlines again, the APT has employed a new backdoor in a recent wave of attacks Cisco Talos researchers reported that the Russia-linked Turla APT group recently used a new backdoor, dubbed TinyTurla, in a series of attacks against the US, Germany, and Afghanistan. The threat actors are using […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2021
Black Matter gang demanded a $5.9M ransom to NEW Cooperative

U.S. The farmers cooperative NEW Cooperative was hit by Black Matter ransomware gang that is demanding a $5.9 million ransom. BlackMatter ransomware gang hit NEW Cooperative, a farmer’s feed and grain cooperative, and is demanding a $5.9 million ransom. The ransomware gang claims to have stolen 1,000 GB of data including the source code for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2021
Numando, a new banking Trojan that abuses YouTube for remote configuration

Numando, a new banking Trojan that abuses YouTube, Pastebin, and other public platforms as C2 infrastructure and to spread. ESET researchers spotted a new LATAM banking trojan, tracked as Numando, that abuses YouTube, Pastebin, and other public platforms as C2 infrastructure and to spread. The threat actor behind this banking Trojan has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2021
Threat actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018

Security researchers from the Cisco Talos team uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting the aviation industry for two years avoiding detection. Security researchers from Cisco Talos uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting, dubbed Operation Layover, that targeted the aviation industry for two years without being detected. The experts believe that the threat actor behind this campaign is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2021
Experts warn that Mirai Botnet starts exploiting OMIGOD flaw

The Mirai botnet starts exploiting the recently disclosed OMIGOD vulnerability to compromise vulnerable systems exposed online. Threat actors behind a Mirai botnet starts exploiting a critical Azure OMIGOD vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-38647, a few days after Microsoft disclosed them. Recently released September 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates have addressed four severe vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as OMIGOD, in the Open Management […]