Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
Researchers spotted several spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises to steal credentials and conduct financial fraud. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. Threat actors sent spear-phishing messages from compromised corporate accounts to their contacts, the email carry malicious attachments. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
Researchers have spotted China-linked APT41 cyberespionage group using a UEFI implant, dubbed MoonBounce, to maintain persistence. Kaspersky researchers spotted the China-linked APT41 cyberespionage group using a UEFI implant, dubbed MoonBounce, to maintain persistence. At the end of 2021, researchers discovered a UEFI firmware-level compromise by analyzing logs from its Firmware Scanner. Threat actors compromised a single […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
The central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, confirmed the ransomware attack that hit it in December. Bank Indonesia confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place last month. The Conti ransomware gang claimed the attack and leaked some allegedly stolen files as proof of the security breach. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially linked the Diavol ransomware operation to the infamous TrickBot gang. The FBI officially linked the Diavol ransomware operation to the infamous TrickBot gang, the group that is behind the TrickBot banking trojan. “The FBI first learned of Diavol ransomware in October 2021. Diavol is associated with developers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
Researchers spotted a new evasive cryptocurrency stealer named BHUNT that targets a list of wallets and implements multiple data-stealing capabilities. Bitdefender discovered a new evasive cryptocurrency stealer stealer dubbed BHUNT that is able to exfiltrate wallet (Exodus, Electrum, Atomic, Jaxx, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin wallets) contents, passwords stored in the browser, and data from the clipboard. BHUNT is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2022
Researchers spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Researchers from AhnLab’s Security Emergency-response Center (ASEC) spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Vxers use GoLang because it is easy and allows the development […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2022
A new ransomware gang named White Rabbit appeared in the threat landscape, experts believe it is linked to the FIN8 hacking group. A new ransomware gang called ‘White Rabbit’ launched its operations and according to the experts, it is likely linked to the FIN8 financially motivated group. In December the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2022
Luxury fashion giant Moncler confirmed a data breach after a ransomware attack carried out by the AlphV/BlackCat. Moncler confirmed a data breach after an attack that took place in December. The luxury fashion giant was hit by AlphV/BlackCat ransomware that today published the stolen data on its leak site in the Tor network. In December, malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2022
The operators of the SFile ransomware (aka Escal) have developed a Linux version of their malware to expand their operations. SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020, it was observed targeting only Windows systems. Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2022
Microsoft spotted a new destructive malware operation targeting government, non-profit, and IT entities in Ukraine. Microsoft spotted a destructive attack that targeted government, non-profit, and IT entities in Ukraine with a wiper disguised as ransomware. The attackers were discovered by Microsoft on January 13, the experts attributed the attack to an emerging threat cluster tracked […]
