Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2022
Russia-linked Sandworm APT group targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with INDUSTROYER2 and CADDYWIPER wipers. Russia-linked Sandworm threat actors targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with a new strain of the Industroyer ICS malware (INDUSTROYER2) and a new version of the CaddyWiper wiper. According to the CERT-UA, nation-state actors targeted high-voltage electrical substations with INDUSTROYER2, the variant analyzed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers spotted a new Windows information-stealing malware, named FFDroider, designed to steal credentials and cookies. Cybersecurity researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz warn of a new information-stealing malware, named FFDroider, that disguises itself as the popular instant messaging app Telegram. The malware was derived to siphon credentials and cookies from infected machines. “Recently, ThreatLabz identified a novel windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2022
Experts discovered malicious Android apps on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions spreading the SharkBot Trojan. Researchers from the Check Point Research (CPR) team discovered several malicious Android apps on the official Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions that were used to deliver the SharkBot banking Trojan. Sharkbot is an information stealer steals used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2022
Experts warn of a Mirai-based botnet exploiting the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro Threat Research reported that the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) is actively exploited by a Mirai-based botnet. Researchers from Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 first reported the exploitation of the Spring4Shell by a Mirai-based botnet in early April. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2022
Recently discovered malware loader Colibri leverages a trivial and efficient persistence mechanism to deploy Windows Vidar data stealer. Malwarebytes researchers observed a new loader, dubbed Colibri, which has been used to deploy a Windows information stealer tracked as Vidar in a recent campaign. The Colibri Loader first appeared in the threat landscape in August 2021 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2022
The U.S. government announced the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The U.S. government announced that it had dismantled the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. “The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation, conducted in March 2022, to disrupt a two-tiered global botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2022
Researchers spotted a new piece of Android malware while investigating activity associated with Russia-linked APT Turla. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Lab52 discovered a new piece of Android malware while investigating into infrastructure associated with Russia-linked APT Turla. The malicious code was discovered while analyzing the Penquin-related infrastructure, the experts noticed malware was contacting IP addresses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2022
Cyble researchers discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) named Borat capable of conducting DDoS and ransomware attacks. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new RAT, named Borat, that enables operators to gain full access and remote control of an infected system. Unlike other RATs, the Borat RAT provides Ransomware and DDOS services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2022
Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. Like most DDOS botnets, Beastmode attempt to infect other devices by launching brute-forcing attacks or exploiting multiple vulnerabilities. Between February and March 2022, researchers from the FortiGuard Labs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 01, 2022
Researchers spotted a new destructive wiper, tracked as AcidRain, that is likely linked to the recent attack against Viasat. Security researchers at SentinelLabs have spotted a previously undetected destructive wiper, tracked as AcidRain, that hit routers and modems and that was suspected to be linked to the Viasat KA-SAT attack that took place on February […]
