Malware

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2022
GoldDragon campaign: North-Korea linked Kimsuky APT adopts victim verification technique

The North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT is behind a new campaign, tracked as GoldDragon, targeting political and diplomatic entities in South Korea in early 2022. Researchers from Kaspersky attribute a series of attacks, tracked as GoldDragon, against political and diplomatic entities located in South Korea in early 2022 to the North Korea-linked group Kimsuky. Kimsuky cyberespiona group […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022
Nobelium APT uses new Post-Compromise malware MagicWeb

Russia-linked APT group Nobelium is behind a new sophisticated post-exploitation malware tracked by Microsoft as MagicWeb. Microsoft security researchers discovered a post-compromise malware, tracked as MagicWeb, which is used by the Russia-linked NOBELIUM APT group to maintain persistent access to compromised environments.  The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022
Threat actors are using the Tox P2P messenger as C2 server

Threat actors are using the Tox peer-to-peer instant messaging service as a command-and-control server, Uptycs researchers reported. Tox is a peer-to-peer serverless instant messaging services that uses NaCl for encryption and decryption. Uptycs researchers reported that threat actors have started using the Tox peer-to-peer instant messaging service as a command-and-control server. Tox has been used in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2022
France hospital Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien suffered ransomware attack

A French hospital, the Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), suffered a cyberattack on Sunday and was forced to refer patients to other structures. The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a hospital southeast of Paris, has suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend. The attack disrupted the emergency services and surgeries and forced the hospital to refer patients […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2022
Counterfeit versions of popular mobile devices target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business

Experts found backdoors in budget Android device models designed to target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps. Researchers from Doctor Web discovered backdoors in the system partition of budget Android device models that are counterfeit versions of famous brand-name models. The malware targets WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps and can allow attackers to conduct […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2022
Lockbit leak sites hit by mysterious DDoS attack after Entrust hack

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. Entrust Corp., provides software and hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. The Lockbit ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2022
Escanor Malware delivered in Weaponized Microsoft Office Documents

Researchers spotted a new RAT (Remote Administration Tool) advertised in Dark Web and Telegram called Escanor Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 worldwide, identified a new RAT (Remote Administration Tool) advertised in Dark Web and Telegram called Escanor. The threat actors offer Android-based and PC-based versions of RAT, along with HVNC module […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2022
Donot Team cyberespionage group updates its Windows malware framework

The Donot Team threat actor, aka APT-C-35, has added new capabilities to its Jaca Windows malware framework. The Donot Team has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries. In October 2021, a report released by Amnesty International revealed that the Donot […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2022
Fake DDoS protection pages on compromised WordPress sites lead to malware infections

Threat actors compromise WordPress sites to display fake Cloudflare DDoS protection pages to distribute malware. DDoS Protection pages are associated with browser checks performed by WAF/CDN services which verify if the site visitor is a human or a bot. Recently security experts from Sucuri, spotted JavaScript injections targeting WordPress sites to display fake DDoS Protection pages […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2022
Grandoreiro banking malware targets Mexico and Spain

A new Grandoreiro banking malware campaign is targeting organizations in Mexico and Spain, Zscaler reported. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers observed a Grandoreiro banking malware campaign targeting organizations in the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain. Grandoreiro is a modular backdoor that supports the following capabilities: Keylogging Auto-Updation for newer versions and modules Web-Injects and restricting access to specific […]