Malware

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
France national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks

The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Chilean bank BancoEstado hit by REVil ransomware

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. The ransomware encrypted most of the company servers and workstations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Russian national indicted for attempting to recruit Tesla employee to install malware

US authorities have indicted a Russian national for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s infrastructure. Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) has been indicted in the United States for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s network. In August, US authorities arrested the Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Epic Manchego gang uses Excel docs that avoid detection

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks Security experts from NVISO Labs recently spotted the activity of a new malware gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, that is actively targeting companies across the world with phishing emails since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Netwalker Ransomware hit Argentina’s official immigration agency

Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the border crossing into and out of the country for four hours. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Visa warns of new sophisticated credit card skimmer dubbed Baka

Visa issued a warning regarding a new credit card JavaScript skimmer, tracked as Baka, that implements new features to evade detection. Visa issued a warning regarding a new e-skimmer known as Baka that removes itself from memory after having exfiltrating payment card details. The e-skimmer was first spotted by experts with Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruption […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2020
FBI issued a second flash alert about ProLock ransomware in a few months

FBI issued a second flash alert about ProLock ransomware stealing data, four months after the first advisory published by the feds on the same threat. The FBI has issued the 20200901-001 Private Industry Notification about ProLock ransomware stealing data on September 1st. The fresh alert is the second one related to this threat, the first […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
SunCrypt Ransomware behind North Carolina school district data breach

A school district in North Carolina disclosed a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. The Haywood County School district in North Carolina has suffered a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. The ransomware attack took place on August 24th, 2020, but at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
Evilnum APT used Python-based RAT PyVil in recent attacks

The Evilnum APT group has added a new weapon to its arsenal, it is a Python-based spy RAT, dubbed PyVil, designed to target FinTech organizations. The Evilnum APT group 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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
Is the Belarusian government behind the surveillance Android app banned by Google?

Google has removed an app from the Play Store that was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. Google has removed the app NEXTA LIVE (com.moonfair.wlkm) from the official Play Store because it was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. The malicious app remained in the store for almost […]