Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2020
Another telco company was hit by a ransomware, roughly 18,000 computers belonging to Telecom Argentina were infected over the weekend. Telecom Argentina, one of the largest internet service providers in Argentina, was hit by a ransomware attack. Ransomware operators infected roughly 18,000 computers during the weekend and now are asking for a $7.5 million ransom. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2020
The Tetrade term coined by Kaspersky experts to refer four large banking trojan families developed and spread by Brazilian crooks worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky Lab have detailed four different families of Brazilian banking trojans, tracked as Tetrade, that have targeted financial institutions in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe. The four malware families are named Guildma, Javali, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2020
After months of inactivity, the infamous Emotet trojan has surged back with a new massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide. The notorious Emotet went into the dark since February 2020, but now has surged back with a new massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2020
Security researchers at Cyble reported that Nefilim ransomware operators allegedly targeted the mobile network operator Orange. Researchers from Cyble came across a post of Nefilim ransomware operators which were claiming to have stolen sensitive data of Orange S.A., one of the largest mobile networks based in France. The discovery was made by the experts during their regular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2020
Researchers spotted a new Android banking trojan dubbed BlackRock malware that steals credentials and credit card data from hundreds of apps. Security experts from ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan dubbed BlackRock that steals credentials and credit card data from a list of 337 apps. The BlackRock malware borrows the code from the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2020
Security researchers discovered another malware family delivered through tax software that some businesses operating in China are required to install. Security researchers at Trustwave have discovered another malware family delivered through tax software that Chinese banks require companies operating in the country to install. At the end of June, the same team of experts spotted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2020
Researchers spotted a new version of the Mirai IoT botnet that includes an exploit for a vulnerability affecting Comtrend routers. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new version of the Mirai Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that includes an exploit for the CVE-2020-10173 vulnerability impacting Comtrend routers. The Mirai botnet was first discovered in August 2016 by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2020
Security experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble have identified a credible actor selling personal details of approximately 40,000 US citizens. Security experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble Experts have discovered the availability on the darkweb of personal details of approximately 40,000 US citizens along with their social security numbers (SSNs). The huge trove of data was discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2020
Malware authors are implementing the capability to check if their malicious code is running in the Any.Run malware analysis service. Vxers are implementing the capability to check if their malware is running in the Any.Run interactive online malware sandbox to prevent them from being analyzed by experts. Every time malware is uploaded to the platform, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2020
A threat actor tracked as Evilnum targeted financial technology companies, mainly the British and European ones, ESET researchers reported. Evilnum threat actor was first spotted in 2018 while using the homonym malware. Over the years, the group added new tools to its arsenal, including custom and homemade malware along with software purchased from the Golden […]
