Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation after paying the ransom request by crooks that infected its systems with ransomware. A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
Confiant researchers have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. Security experts at Confiant have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac that is distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. “Malicious ads redirect victims to sites showing popups peddling software updates, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2019
Good news for the victims of the Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor that could be used to recover files. I have great news for the victims of the recently discovered Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor tool that could be used to recover files. In mid-August, the Nemty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2019
The gang behind BitPaymer and ransomware attacks has been found exploiting Windows zero-day for Apple iTunes and iCloud. The cybercriminals behind BitPaymer and iEncrypt ransomware attacks have been found exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability for Apple iTunes and iCloud in attacks in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability resides in the Bonjour updater that comes packaged with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2019
New espionage malware found targeting Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe ESET found an advanced malware piece of malware named Attor, targeting diplomats and high-profile Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe. ESET researchers discovered an advanced malware piece of malware named Attor, that was used in cyberespionage operations on diplomats and high-profile Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2019
NSO Group ‘s surveillance spyware made the headlines again, this time the malware was used to spy on 2 rights activists in Morocco according Amnesty International. Amnesty International collected evidence of new abuses of the NSO Group ‘s surveillance spyware, this time the malware was used to spy two rights activists in Morocco. Experts at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2019
One of the victims of the Muhstik ransomware gang who initially paid the ransomware, decided to hack back the crooks and released their decryption keys. Tobias Frömel, is a German software developer, who was a victim of the Muhstik ransomware. Frömel initially paid the ransom to decrypt his files, but later decided to get his […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2019
Researchers from Akamai uncovered a new campaign targeting the Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability to deliver malware. The popular security expert Larry W. Cashdollar from Akamai has uncovered a new campaign targeting the popular Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability (CVE-2018-7600) to deliver malware. Drupalgeddon2 is a âhighly criticalâ vulnerability that affects Drupal 7 and 8 core, it could be exploited by an attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2019
Four restaurant chains in the U.S. disclosed payment card theft via PoS malware that took place over the summer. Four restaurant chains in the United States disclosed security breaches that impacted their payment systems over the summers, crooks used PoS malware to steal payment card data of the customers. The restaurant chains are McAlister’s Deli, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2019
Cybercrime gangs under the Magecart umbrella continue to compromise e-commerce platforms to steal payment card data from users worldwide. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target to steal payment card data with so-called software skimmers. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. According to a joint report […]
