Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
The news is shocking, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) that initially denied a malware infection, now admits the security breach. Yesterday a worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. Some users are claiming on the social media that a piece of the âDTrackâ malware has infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
A new piece of malware dubbed Xhelper has infected more than 45,000 Android devices in just the last six months and is continuing to spread. The campaign began months ago, a new piece of malware dubbed Xhelper has infected more than 45,000 Android devices in just six months and is continuing to spread at a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. In May, Facebook has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568, that has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Researchers discovered a new piece of ransomware called FuxSocy that borrows part of code from Cerber ransomware. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new piece of ransomware called FuxSocy that borrows part of code from Cerber ransomware. The Cerber ransomware was first spotted in 2016, it was offered in the criminal underground as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). The name of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. Introduction Today Iâd like to share a quick analysis of an interesting attack targeting precision engineering companies based in Italy. Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
A new information stealer, dubbed Raccoon, made the headlines infecting hundreds of millions of victims worldwide. Security experts at Cybereason have spotted a new information stealer, dubbed Raccoon, that is infecting hundreds of millions of victims worldwide. The malware was designed to steal victimsâ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
TrialWorks, one of the most established providers of legal case management software for law firms and attorneys, was hit by ransomware. TrialWorks, a company that provides the most established and widely used legal case management software solutions, was a victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month. At result of the attack, law firms and lawyers, were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
Wandera researchers discovered seventeen iOS applications infected with clicker Trojan into the official Apple App Store. Experts at Wandera discovered seventeen iOS applications infected with clicker Trojan into the official Apple App Store. The mobile apps were instructed by the C&C to simulate user interactions, allowing crooks to fraudulently collect ad revenue. “The clicker trojan […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Fake UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugins used to backdoor sites TA505 cybercrime […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2019
Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed to be a malware in the arsenal of the Lazarus North-Korea linked APT group. The attribution to the Lazarus group is based on the similarities with other malware […]
