Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2019
Security experts at Emsisoft released the third decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free one for the LooCipher ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released two free decryptors for the ZeroFucks ransomware and Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the LooCipher ransomware. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2019
ESET researchers reported that China-linked cyberespionage group APT15 has been using a previously undocumented backdoor for more than two years. Security researchers at ESET reported that China-linked threat actor APT15 (aka Ke3chang, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Royal APT and Playful Dragon) has been using a previously undocumented backdoor for more than two years. APT15Â has been active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2019
Malware researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze Z-Lab have discovered a P2P worm that is spreading Crypto-Miners in the wild. Introduction In the past months we published a white paper exploring the risks that users can encounter when downloading materials from P2P sharing network, such as the Torrent one. We discussed how crooks easily lure their victims to download malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2019
Security experts at Emsisoft released a second decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released a free decryptor for the Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. Victims of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks SAP Patch Day â July 2019 addresses a critical flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2019
Dutch authorities announced the arrest of a 20-year old man for allegedly developing Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders. Dutch authorities announced have arrested a 20-year old man that is accused to be the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders. The man lives in Utrecht, it created and distributed Rubella, Cetan and Dryad toolkits. “Recently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2019
Experts at AT&Tâs Alien Labs recently discovered an ongoing campaign conducted by StrongPity threat actor that abuses malicious WinBox installers to infect victims. AT&Tâs Alien Labs experts recently discovered an ongoing campaign conducted by StrongPity APT group that abuses malicious WinBox installers to infect victims. The activity of the group was initially uncovered in 2016 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2019
Experts at Intezer discovered a new backdoor, dubbed EvilGnome, that is targeting Linux systems for cyber espionage purpose. Intezer spotted a new piece of Linux malware dubbed EvilGnome because it disguises as a Gnome extension. The researchers attribute the spyware to the Russia-linked and Gamaredon Group. The modules used by EvilGnome are reminiscent of the Windows tools used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2019
One of the latest trends for the attackers is to leverage the ISO files to avoid detection, the technique has also been used in a recent Hawkeye campaign. Introduction As we described in our previous post, one of the latest trends for the attackers is to leverage the ISO files in order to reduce detection chances. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2019
Threat actors used the Extembro DNS-changer Trojan in an adware campaign to prevent users from accessing security-related websites. Security experts at Malwarebytes observed an adware campaign that involved the Extembro DNS-changer Trojan to prevent users from accessing websites of security vendors. “Recently, we uncovered a new DNS-changer called Extenbro that comes with an adware bundler. […]
