Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2020
The Hoaxcalls IoT botnet expanded the list of targeted devices and has added new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. DDoS protection services provider Radware warns the Hoaxcalls Internet of Things (IoT) botnet has expanded the list of targeted devices, the experts also noticed that the operators implemented new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2020
The popular SeaChange video platform is the latest victim of the Sodinokibi Ransomware gang, which is threatening to leak the stolen data. SeaChange International, the multinational supplier of video delivery software solutions, was the victim of the Sodinokibi Ransomware gang. The crew has published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
A security expert uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in 2017. Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, a former Kaspersky and Google researcher, uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
The Vietnam-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT32 carried out hacking campaigns against Chinese entities to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Vietnam-linked APT group APT32, also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
The City of Torrance of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, is the last victim of the DoppelPaymer Ransomware, hackers also stole its data. On Sunday, the computer systems in the city of Torrance suffered a cyber attack that interrupted access to email accounts and server functions. The City of Torrance is located in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity, QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported. Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2020
Hackers launched spear-phishing attacks against organizations in the oil and gas industry sector spreading the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. Crooks are targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry sector with targeted spearphishing campaigns impersonating shipment companies and engineering contractors. The attacks aim at infecting victims with the infamous Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. Agent Tesla is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2020
The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on peopleâs fears. Phishing emails have been driven up to 600% since the end of February as cybercriminals capitalize on peopleâs fears. COVID-19 phishing emails have been said to make […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2020
Threat Report Portugal Q1 2020: Phishing and malware by numbers. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is a novel open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed by Segurança-InformĂĄtica. This feed is based on automatic searches and also has a strong contribution from the community. This makes it a reliable and trustworthy and […]
