Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2020
The operators behind the infamous RobbinHood ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTEÂ driver to kill antivirus products. Cybercriminals behind the RobbinHood Ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to install a malicious and unsigned driver into Windows with the intent of disabling security products. Ransomware operators leverage a custom antivirus killing package that is delivered to workstations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2020
Threat actors are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to host seven types of malware that has already claimed more than 500,000 business computers. Cybereason researchers reported that attackers are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to store seven types of malware that were employed in an ongoing campaign. According to the experts, the malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
The city of Racine joins to the long string of US municipalities that were hit with ransomware attack, it was forced offline following the infection. The city of Racine, Wisconsin, was hit with a ransomware, the incident took place on January 31, 2020. Most of non-emergency computer services of the city went offline following the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down part of its services. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group was victim of a ransomware attack, in response to the incident the company has shut down some of its online services. The Toll Group is an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2020
TVEyes was brought down after its core server and engineering workstations were infected with a ransomware attack, company CEO confirmed. TVEyes is a company that manages a popular platform for monitoring TV and radio news broadcasts, it is used worldwide by PR agencies and newsrooms. On Thursday night, a ransomware attack hit the company network causing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign launched by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp) that is employing attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. According to Microsoft, this is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2020
Security researchers warn of malspam campaigns aimed at spreading malware that exploits media attention on the coronavirus epidemic. Unscrupulous cybercriminal groups are attempting to exploit media attention on the coronavirus to infect systems worldwide. Recently, coronavirus is monopolizing media attention, users online are searching for information about the virus and the way it is rapidly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2020
Winnti Group has compromised computer systems at two Hong Kong universities during the Hong Kong protests that started in March 2019. Hackers from the China-linked Winnti group have compromised computer systems at two Hong Kong universities during the Hong Kong protests that started in March 2019. Researchers from ESET discovered the attacks in November 2019 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2020
Experts at cyber security firm Cypher conducted a study on Portuguese domains during 2019 and concluded that Emotet and Ryuk were the most active threats Emotet, the most widespread malware worldwide and Ryuk, a ransomware type, are growing threats and real concerns for businesses and internet users in 2020. This is the conclusion of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2020
Iran-linked APT34 group has targeted a U.S.-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. Security experts from Intezer observed targeted attacks on a US-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. “Our researchers Paul Litvak and Michael Kajilolti have discovered a new campaign conducted by APT34 employing an updated toolset. Based […]
