Malware

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2021
CISA publishes malware analysis reports on samples targeting Pulse Secure devices

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. The U.S. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. “As part of CISA’s ongoing response to Pulse Secure compromises, CISA has analyzed five malware samples […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2021
Personal Data and docs of Swiss town Rolle available on the dark web

Documents and personal details of residents of the small Swiss town Rolle, on the shores of Lake Geneva, were stolen in a ransomware attack. The Swiss town Rolle disclosed the data breach after a ransomware attack, personal details of all its 6,200 inhabitants were stolen by threat actors. The threat actors compromised some administrative servers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2021
FIN8 group used a previously undetected Sardonic backdoor in a recent attack

Financially motivated threat actor FIN8 employed a previously undocumented backdoor, tracked as ‘Sardonic,’ in recent attacks. The financially motivated threat actor FIN8 has been observed employing a previously undetected backdoor, dubbed Sardonic, on infected systems. The new backdoor was spotted by researchers from cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, it was discovered while investigating an unsuccessful attack carried […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2021
New zero-click exploit used to target Bahraini activists’ iPhones with NSO spyware

Citizen Lab uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. Researchers from Citizen Lab spotted a zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on Bahraini activists’ devices. The iPhones of nine activists, including members of the Bahrain Center for Human […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2021
FBI flash alert warns on OnePercent Group Ransomware attacks

The FBI shared info about OnePercent Group that has been actively targeting US organizations in ransomware attacks since at least November 2020. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published a flash alert about a threat actor known as OnePercent Group that has been actively targeting US organizations in ransomware attacks since at least November 2020. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2021
Realtek SDK flaws exploited to deliver Mirai bot variant

Researchers warn that threat actors are actively exploiting Realtek SDK vulnerabilities since their technical details were publicly disclosed. Researchers from SAM Seamless Network warn that threat actors are actively exploiting Realtek SDK vulnerabilities since their technical details were publicly disclosed. Realtek published a security advisory on August 15 to warn customers about security updates to address vulnerabilities in its […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2021
New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

A new ransomware gang named LockFile targets Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities. A new ransomware gang named LockFile targets Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities. The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and the Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2021
US CISA releases guidance on how to prevent ransomware data breaches

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance on how to prevent data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks. Most of the recent ransomware attack resulted in data breaches for the victims, threat actors implemented a double-extortion schema threatening the victims to data stolen before encrypting them on compromised systems. Over the past several […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2021
Lojas Renner, Brazilian largest clothing store chain, was hit by ransomware

Lojas Renner, the largest Brazilian department stores clothing company, suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its IT infrastructure. Lojas Renner, the largest Brazilian department stores clothing company, announced to have suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its IT infrastructure. According to Brazilian news outlets, the company was forced to shut down all its physical stores […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2021
Emsisoft releases free SynAck ransomware decryptor

Emsisoft researchers have released a decryptor for the SynAck Ransomware that could allow victims of the gang to decrypt their files for free Emsisoft has released a free decryptor for SynAck Ransomware that can allow victims of the gang to decrypt their encrypted files.<gwmw style=”display:none;”> Last week, the SynAck ransomware gang released the master decryption […]