Malware

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2020
REvil ransomware operators are recruiting new affiliates

REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operators deposited $1 million in Bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to demonstrate their willingness to involve new affiliates. The REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operators have deposited $1 million in bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to prove to potential affiliates that they mean business. Some hacker forum allows members to deposit funds that can […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2020
Mount Locker ransomware operators demand multi-million dollar ransoms

The operators behind new ransomware dubbed Mount Locker have adopted the same tactic of other gangs threatening the victims to leak stolen data. A new ransomware gang named Mount Locker has started its operations stealing victims’ data before encrypting. According to BleepingComputer, the ransomware operators are demanding multi-million dollar ransoms. Like other ransomware operators, Mount […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2020
Unknown FinSpy Mac and Linux versions found in Egypt

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. Amnesty International uncovered a new surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with previously undisclosed versions of the infamous FinSpy surveillance spyware. The new versions employed in this campaign allow its operators to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Google removes 17 Joker -infected apps from the Play Store

Google removed this week 17 Android apps from its Play Store because they were infected with the Joker (aka Bread) malware, Zscaler revealed. Security researchers from Zscaler spotter 17 apps in the Play Store that were infected with the Joker (Bread) malware. The Joker malware is a malicious code camouflaged as a system app and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Microsoft took down 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese Gadolinium APT

Microsoft removed 18 Azure Active Directory applications from its Azure portal that were created by a Chinese-linked APT group Gadolinium. Microsoft announced this week to have removed 18 Azure Active Directory applications from its Azure portal that were created by a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as APT group Gadolinium (aka APT40, or Leviathan). The 18 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2020
Victims of ThunderX ransomware can recover their files for free

Good news for the victims of the ThunderX ransomware, cybersecurity firm Tesorion has released a decryptor to recover their files for free. Cybersecurity firm Tesorion has released a free decryptor for the ThunderX ransomware that allows victims to recover their files. ThunderX is ransomware that appeared in the threat landscape recently, infections were discovered at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
CISA says federal agency compromised by malicious cyber actor

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and exfiltrated data. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and threat actors exfiltrated data. CISA published a detailed incident report related to the incident but didn’t disclose the name of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Polish police shut down major group of hackers in the country

Polish police dismantled a major group of hackers that was behind several criminal activities, including ransomware attacks, and banking fraud. Polish authorities have dismantled a major hacker group that was involved in multiple cybercrime activities, including ransomware attacks, malware distribution, SIM swapping, banking fraud, running rogue online stores, and even making bomb threats at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Alien Android banking Trojan, the powerful successor of the Cerberus malware

Security researchers spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed Alien, that implements multiple features allowing it to steal credentials from 226 apps. Researchers from ThreatFabric have discovered and analyzed a new strain of Android malware, tracked as Alien, that implements multiple features allowing it to steal credentials from 226 applications. Alien first appeared in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, this time the alerts are from Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies. Two weeks ago, cybersecurity agencies across Asia and Europe warned of Emotet spam campaigns targeting businesses in France, Japan, and New Zealand. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of […]