Malware

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2021
HelloKitty ransomware gang targets vulnerable SonicWall devices

BleepingComputer became aware that the recent wave of attacks targeting vulnerable SonicWall devices was carried out by HelloKitty ransomware operators. SonicWall this week has issued an urgent security alert to warn companies of “an imminent ransomware campaing” targeting some of its equipment that reached end-of-life (EoL). Threat actors could target unpatched devices belonging to Secure Mobile Access […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2021
New enhanced Joker Malware samples appear in the threat landscape

The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. Experts reported an uptick in malicious Android apps on the official Google Play store laced with the Joker mobile trojan. The Joker malware is a malicious code camouflaged as a system app and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2021
Israeli surveillance firm Candiru used Windows zero-days to deploy spyware

Experts said that Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, exploited zero-days to deliver a new Windows spyware. Microsoft and Citizen Lab believe that the secretive Israel-based Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, used Windows zero-day exploits to deliver a new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue. According to the experts, at least 100 activists, journalists […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2021
SpearTip Finds New Diavol Ransomware Does Steal Data

Security researchers have linked a new ransomware strain called Diavol to the Wizard Spider threat group behind the Trickbot botnet. BleepingComputer noted the ransomware families utilize the same I/O operations for file encryption queueing and use nearly identical command-line parameters for the same functionality. There may be some similarities, but as they’ve explained and SpearTip […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2021
HelloKitty ransomware now targets VMware ESXi servers

HelloKitty ransomware gang is using a Linux variant of their malware to target VMware ESXi virtual machine platform. A Linux variant of the HelloKitty ransomware was employed in attacks against VMware ESXi systems. The move of the ransomware gang aims at expanding the operations targeting enterprises that are largely adopting virtualizing platforms. Targeting VMware ESXi […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2021
macOS: Bashed Apples of Shlayer and Bundlore

Uptycs threat research team analyzed macOS malware threat landscape and discovered that Shlayer and Bundlore are the most predominant malware. The Uptycs threat research team has been observing over 90% of macOS malware in our daily analysis and customer telemetry alerts using shell scripts. Though these scripts have slight variations, they mostly belong to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2021
China-linked LuminousMoth APT targets entities from Southeast Asia

LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. Kaspersky experts uncovered an ongoing and large-scale cyber espionage campaign, tracked as LuminousMoth, aimed at government entities from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines government entities. The LuminousMoth campaign has been linked by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2021
Trickbot improve its VNC module in recent attacks

Trickbot botnet is back, its authors implemented updates for the VNC module used for remote control of infected systems. The Trickbot botnet continues to evolve despite the operations conducted by law enforcement aimed at dismantling it. The authors recently implemented an update for the VNC module used for remote control over infected systems. In October, Microsoft’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2021
American retailer Guess discloses data breach after ransomware attack

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers. The attack was likely carried out by the DarkSide ransomware gang […]