Malware

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 260

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs A new e-skimmer found on WordPress site using the WooCommerce plugin Coronavirus-themed attacks April 05 – April 11, 2020 Thousands Zoom credentials available on a Dark Web forum 500,000+ Zoom accounts available for sale on the Dark Web […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2020
Are Maze operators behind the attack on the IT services giant Cognizant?

IT services giant Cognizant suffered a ransomware attack on Friday, according to BleepingComputer company was hit by the Maze Ransomware crew. Information technologies services giant Cognizant is the last victim of a ransomware attack, according to BleepingComputer the attack was launched by the Maze Ransomware gang. Cognizant is an American multinational corporation that provides IT services, it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2020
Coronavirus-themed campaign targets energy sector with PoetRAT

Threat actors employed the previously-undetected PoetRAT Trojan in a Coronavirus-themed campaign aimed at government and energy sectors.  Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed campaign employing a previously-undiscovered RAT tracked as PoetRAT. The attacks targeted the Azerbaijan government and utility companies, the malicious code was designed to infect supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2020
Trickbot is the most prolific malware operation using COVID-19 themed lures

TrickBot is the malware that most of all is involved in COVID-19-themed attacks, Microsoft’s Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) data reveals. The analysis of Microsoft Office 365 ATP data revealed that TrickBot is, at the moment, the malware operation with the highest number of unique COVID-19-themed malicious emails and attachments. Microsoft experts revealed that this campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2020
A Brand New Ursnif/ISFB Campaign Targets Italian Organizations

Cybaze-Yoroy ZLab researchers spotted a new variant of Ursnif that is targeting organizations in Italy. Introduction Ursnif is one of the most and widespread threats, it is delivered through malspam campaigns aimed at multiple industries across Italy and Europe.   Recently, we have identified a new variant that is targeting Italian organizations. The malspam messages use […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2020
Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week

Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days. The IT giant also […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2020
Syria-linked APT group SEA targets Android users with COVID19 lures

Syrian-linked APT group SEA recently used COVID-19-themed lures as part of a long-running surveillance campaign, security researchers warn. Syrian hackers are behind a long-running campaign that has been active since January 2018 and that targets Arabic-speaking Android users. The campaign aimed at users in Syria and surrounding regions was spotted by experts from mobile security firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
Shipping giant MSC discloses a malware-based attack

The shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was victim of a malware-based attack that caused an outage recently. The shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) discloses a malware-based attack that took place on April 10. The incident affected the company’s data center and took down its website, msc.com, and its myMSC customer and vendor portal. “The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
Linksys force password reset to prevent Router hijacking

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Crooks continue to launch Coronavirus-themed attacks, in the last weeks, experts observed hackers hijacking D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to COVID19-themed sites spreading malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
U.S. offers up to $5 Million rewards for info on North Korea-linked operations

The United States agencies released a joint advisory warning of ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by North Korea-linked hackers to the global financial sector. The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint advisory that is warning organizations worldwide about the ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by the North Korean nation-state […]