Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Seyfarth Shaw, one of the leading global legal firms announced that it was a victim of an âaggressive malwareâ attack, likely a ransomware attack. Seyfarth Shaw LLP is an international AmLaw 100 law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, its clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, and its practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the economy. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2020
A joint operation conducted by FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumenâs Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and Microsoft aimed at takedown the TrickBot botnet. Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joint the forces and announced today a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet. The experts that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2020
FONIX is a new Ransomware as a Service available in the threat landscape that was analyzed by SentinelLabs researchers. FONIX is a relatively new Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) analyzed by researchers from Sentinel Labs, its operators were previously specialized in the developers of binary crypters/packers. The actors behind FONIX RaaS advertised several products on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2020
Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the largest provider of software to the United States public sector. At the end of September, the company disclosed a ransomware attack and its customers reported finding suspicious logins […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2020
Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the august ransomware attack. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the ransomware attack that took place in August. Ransomware operators have stolen the personal information of customers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2020
German tech firm Software AG has suffered a ransomware attack that took place during last weekend, media blamed the Clop ransomware gang. The website ZDNet revealed in exclusive that German tech firm Software AG was hit by the Clop ransomware, the criminal gang is demanding more than $20 million ransom. Software AGÂ is an enterprise software […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2020
Microsoft warns of Android ransomware that activates when you press the Home button Microsoft spotted a new strain of Amdroid ransomware tracked as MalLocker.B that activates when the users press the Home button. Researchers from Microsoft spotted a new strain of Android ransomware that abuses the mechanisms behind the “incoming call” notification and the “Home” […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2020
The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack and closed the schools. The Springfield Public Schools district, the third largest school district in Massachusetts, was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack. The district, which has over 25,000 students, 4,500 employees, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2020
A previously unknown threat actor, tracked as MontysThree, composed of Russian speaking members targets Russian industrial organizations. Kaspersky Lab researchers spotted a new threat actor, tracked as MontysThree, composed of Russian speaking members targets Russian industrial organizations. The MontysThree group used a toolset dubbed MT3 in highly targeted attacks with cyber espionage purposes. Researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2020
An unidentified group of hackers is using a new fileless attack technique, dubbed Kraken, that abuses the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER). Malwarebytes researchers Hossein Jazi and JĂ©rĂŽme Segura have documented a new fileless attack technique, dubbed Kraken, that abuses the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER) service. The hacking technique was employed by an unidentified […]
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