Malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2020
New modular ModPipe POS Malware targets restaurants and hospitality sectors

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a new modular PoS malware, dubbed ModPipe, that targets PoS restaurant management software from Oracle. ESET researchers discovered a new modular backdoor, dubbed ModPipe, that was designed to target PoS systems running ORACLE MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series (RES) 3700, which is a management suite widely used in restaurant and hospitality sectors. The backdoor outstands […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2020
Muhstik botnet adds Oracle WebLogic and Drupal exploits

Muhstik botnet leverages known web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, now it targeting Oracle WebLogic, Drupal. Muhstik is a botnet that is known to use web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, it has been around for at least 2018. Botnet operators monetize their efforts via XMRig, combined with DDoS-for-hire services.  The botnet leverages IRC servers for command-and-control […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2020
Ragnar Locker ransomware gang advertises Campari hack on Facebook

​Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators have started to run Facebook advertisements to force their victims into paying the ransom. In November 2019, ransomware operators have started adopting a new double-extortion strategy first used by the Maze gang that sees threat actors also stealing unencrypted files before encrypting infected systems. Then the attackers threaten to release the stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2020
Ransomware operators use fake Microsoft Teams updates to deploy Cobalt Strike

Ransomware operators use fake Microsoft Teams updates to deploy Cobalt Strike and compromise the target networks. Ransomware operators are using malicious fake Microsoft Teams updates to deliver backdoors that lead the installation of the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation tool and compromise the target network. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is forcing a growing number of organizations and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2020
Tetrade hackers target 112 financial apps with Ghimob banking Trojan

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new Android banking Trojan, dubbed Ghimob, that is able to steal data from 112 financial Apps Ghimob is a new Android banking Trojan discovered by Kaspersky that is able to steal data from 112 financial apps. In July, cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky Lab have detailed four different families of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
xHunt hackers hit Microsoft Exchange with two news backdoors

While investigating a cyber attack on the Microsoft Exchange server of an organization in Kuwait, experts found two new Powershell backdoors. Security experts from Palo Alto Networks have spotted two never-before-detected Powershell backdoors while investigating an attack on Microsoft Exchange servers at an organization in Kuwait. Experts attribute the attack to a known threat actor […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
Compal, the Taiwanese giant laptop manufacturer hit by ransomware

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. Compal Electronics is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, tablets and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple Inc., Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
E-commerce platform X-Cart hit by a ransomware attack

The e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack at the end of October, e-stores hosted by the company went down. At the end of October, the e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack, the infection brought down customers’ e-stores hosted by the company on its platform. The software and services company X-Cart was recently acquired […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2020
Ransomware operators target CVE-2020-14882 WebLogic flaw

At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. At the end of October, threat actors have started scanning the Internet for servers running vulnerable installs of Oracle WebLogic in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
RansomExx ransomware now targets also Linux systems

The RansomExx Ransomware gang is expanding its operations by creating a new version that is able to infect Linux machines. RansomExx ransomware operators are expanding their operations by developing a Linux version of their malware. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware, also tracked as Defray777. This week the RansomExx ransomware has been […]