Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2019
Over the past three years, the website of No More Ransom was visited by 3 million users and allowed to save $108 million in ransom to the victims of 109 ransomware. After three years, No More Ransom confirms the success of the initiative that aims at helping victims of ransomware. The No More Ransom was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2019
Attackers deployed a Magecart credit card skimmer script into fake Google domains used to trick visitors into making online transactions. Experts at Sucuri discovered threat actors using fake Google domains hosting a Magento skimmer script used to steal payment data when unaware visitors make transactions. The campaign was uncovered when the owner of a website […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2019
South African electric utility City Power that provides energy to the city of Johannesburg, has suffered serious disruptions after a ransomware attack. A ransomware infected systems at City Power, an electricity provider in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and some residents were left without power. The energy utility informed its customers via Twitter of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2019
Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2019
Researchers at Lookout discovered a new mobile spyware dubbed Monokle that was developed by a Russian defense contractor. Experts at Lookout discovered a new Android mobile spyware in the wild, dubbed Monokle, that was developed by a Russian defense contractor named Special Technology Centre Ltd. (STC). “Lookout has discovered a highly targeted mobile malware threat that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2019
The Indiana County is the last victim in a wave of ransomware attacks that hit US cities, officials are investigating the extent of the attack. The computer systems of the Indiana County were hit by a ransomware attack, officials are currently investigating the extent of the attack. Officials of an Indiana county say they are […]
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 […]
