Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2019
Researchers at Emsisoft security firm have released a new free decryption tool for the WannaCryFake ransomware. Good news for the vicitms of the WannaCryFake ransomware, researchers at Emsisoft have released a FREE decryption tool that will allow decrypting their data. WannaCryFake is a piece of ransomware that uses AES-256 to encrypt a victimâs files. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2019
Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. In early August, the expert reported that between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2019
Security experts at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group aimed at political targets. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group (i.e. APT28, Sednit, Sofacy, Zebrocy, and Strontium) aimed at political targets. In the recent attacks, the hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2019
Researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab discovered an interesting drop chain associated with the well-known Aggah campaign. Introduction During our threat monitoring activities, we discovered an interesting drop chain related to the well-known Aggah campaign, the ambiguous infection chain observed by Unit42 which seemed to deliver payloads potentially associated with the Gorgon Group APT. After that, we discovered other malicious activities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2019
Kaspersky experts spotted a new piece of ATM malware, dubbed ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new piece of ATM malware, tracked as ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Threat actors deployed the malware on ATM systems to steal payment card details of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2019
Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming is facing service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems on Friday. On Friday, the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming, suffered a ransomware attack that is still causing service disruptions. âCampbell County Health has been the victim of a ransomware attack. All CCH computer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2019
Symantec spotted a new threat actor, tracked as TortoiseShell, that is compromising IT providers to target their specific customers. Symantec researchers spotted a new threat group, tracked as TortoiseShell, that is compromising IT providers to target their specific customers. The group was first spotted in 2018, but experts speculate that it has been active for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 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. Once again thank you! A bug in Instagram exposed user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2019
Hello, it’s unixfreaxjp here. It has been a while since I wrote our own blog, and it is good to be back. Thank you for your patience for all of this time. The background It was after September 2016 when we decided to move our blog and since then I had a lot of fun […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2019
Experts at Wanderaâs threat research team discovered two adware apps on the Google Play Store that were downloaded 1.5M+ times. Researchers at Wandera discovered two adware selfie filter camera apps on the Google Play that were pushing ads and that can record audio. The bad news is that the two apps were downloaded 1.5M+ times. […]
