Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group targets cryptocurrency organizations with fake job offers in an ongoing spear-phishing campaign. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA) has been observed while using LinkedIn lures in a spear-phishing campaign targeting the cryptocurrency organizations worldwide, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan. The activity of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2020
Operators of Grandoreiro Latin American banking trojan have launched a new campaign using emails posing as the Agencia Tributaria in order to infect new victims. Operators behind the Grandoreiro banking trojan, which is popular in Latin America, have been using emails posing as the Agencia Tributaria to trick victims into installing the malware. The campaign began […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2020
The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. The group upgraded its Crimson RAT by adding a management console and implementing a USB worming capability that allows it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble came across a post published by Maze ransomware operators claiming to have breached the steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group. During the ordinary monitoring of Deepweb and Darkweb, researchers at Cyble came across the leak disclosure post published by the Maze ransomware operators that claim the hack of the Hoa Sen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
The University of Utah admitted to have paid a $457,059 ransom in order to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2020
US CISA published an alert related to a new North Korean malware, dubbed BLINDINGCAN, used in attacks on the US defense and aerospace sectors. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) that includes technical details about a new strain of malware, tracked as BLINDINGCAN, that was attributed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2020
Researchers spotted a new sophisticated peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, dubbed FritzFrog, that has been actively targeting SSH servers since January 2020. FritzFrog is a new sophisticated botnet that has been actively targeting SSH servers worldwide since January 2020. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2020
The world’s largest cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands was hit with a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2020
Security researchers have discovered a new crypto-minining botnet, dubbed TeamTNT, that is able to steal AWS credentials from infected servers. Security firm Cado Security reported that the TeamTNT botnet is the first one that is able to scan and steal AWS credentials. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert related to attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert to provide technical details on a new wave of attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The KONNI RAT was first discovered […]
