Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
A new ransomware dubbed ‘NitroRansomware’ has appeared in the threat landscape, it demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported infections of a new singular ransomware dubbed NitroRansomware which demands a Discord Nitro gift code to the victims to decrypt their files. Discord is a free VoIP, instant messaging and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
Threat actors targeted are exploiting the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy Monero cryptocurrency miners. Sophos researchers reported that threat actors targeted Microsoft Exchange by exploiting ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to deploy malicious Monero cryptominer in an unusual attack. The unknown attacker is attempting to deliver a payload which is being hosted on a compromised […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
Experts warn of malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. Since January, researchers observed malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. The campaigns aimed at employees of large organizations, the messages attempt to trick the victims that they contain important information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2021
Uptycs’ threat research team recently detected several variants of the Linux-based botnet malware family, “Gafgyt,”some of them re-used Mirai code. Uptycs’ threat research team recently detected several variants of the Linux-based botnet malware family, “Gafgyt”, via threat intelligence systems and our in-house osquery-based sandbox. Upon analysis, we identified several codes, techniques and implementations of Gafgyt, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2021
FBI log into web shells that hackers installed on Microsoft Exchange email servers across the US and removed the malicious code used by threat actors. A US judge granted the FBI the power to log into web shells that were injected by nation-state hackers on Microsoft Exchange servers across the US and remove the malware, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2021
More than 500,000 Huawei users have been infected with the Joker malware after downloading apps from the company’s official Android store. More than 500,000 Huawei users were infected with the Joker malware after they have downloaded tainted apps from the company’s official Android store. The fight to the Joker malware (aka Bread) begun in September […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2021
APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores, was the victim of a supply chain attack, threat actors compromised client version 3.17.18 to deliver malware. Multiple security experts discovered threat actors tampered with the APKPure client version 3.17.18 of the popular alternative third-party Android app store. APKPure is available only on devices that use Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2021
Microsoft researchers spotted a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Threat actors behind the operation are using contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to enterprises […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2021
Attackers are actively exploiting the CVE-2018-13379 flaw in Fortinet VPN to deploy the Cring ransomware to organizations in the industrial sector. Threat actors are actively exploiting the CVE-2018-13379 vulnerability in Fortinet VPNs to deploy a new piece of ransomware, tracked as Cring ransomware (also known as Crypt3r, Vjiszy1lo, Ghost, Phantom), to organizations in the industrial sector. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2021
H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). The data analyzed by the experts were received […]
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