Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2020
The Maze ransomware gang has released 14GB of files that they claim were stolen from one of its victims, the Southwire cable manufacturer. The victims of the Maze Ransomware are facing another risk, after having their data encrypted now crooks are threatening to publish their data online. The Maze ransomware also implements data harvesting capabilities, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2020
Google revealed it successfully removed more than 1,700 apps from the Play Store over the past three years that had been infected with the Joker malware. Google provided technical details of its activity against the Joker malware (aka Bread) operation during the last few years. The Joker malware is a malicious code camouflaged as a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2020
Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority revealed that New York airport servers were infected with ransomware on Christmas. Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced this week that a ransomware attack hit the New York airport and its computer management provider LogicalNet over Christmas. The news of the attack was disclosed after LogicalNet reported its own management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2020
Two MageCart groups have planted software skimmers on multiple European websites for the Perricone MD anti-aging skincare Two distinct MageCart groups have compromised multiple European websites for the Perricone MD anti-aging skin-care brand with the intent of stealing customer payment card info. The two groups planted software skimmers on Perricone MD websites in Italy, Germany, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2020
In the last 18 months, North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the attacks carried out by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group in the past 18 months and confirmed their interest in banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. In the mid-2018, the APT targeted cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2020
Researchers at SentinelLabs reported that TrickBot operators used a new PowerShell backdoor in recent attacks aimed at high-value targets. SentinelLabs experts discovered a new PowerShell backdoor used by TrickBot operators in recent attacks aimed at Powershell high-value targets, such as financial institutions. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2020
An operation coordinated by Interpol, dubbed Goldfish Alpha, dismantled an illegal cryptocurrency network operating in Southeast Asia Interpol announced that it has coordinated a successful international operation aimed at removing cryptocurrency miners that infected routers located in Southeast Asia. The operation sees the contribution of Trend Micro, law enforcement and CERTs from ASEAN countries, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2020
A new piece of ransomware called SNAKE appeared in threat landscape, the malware is now targeting company networks. The SNAKE is a new ransomware that is threatening enterprises worldwide along with most popular ransomware families such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, LockerGoga, BitPaymer, DoppelPaymer, MegaCortex, LockerGoga. The scary trend sees criminal organizations targeting enterprises, instead of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2020
A new MageCart attack made the headlines, this time the gang compromised the website of popular Focus Camera. The Magecart group has compromised the website of the photography and imaging retailer Focus Camera. The hack took place last year, the hacker planted a software skimmer on the website to steal payment card data of users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2020
Security experts have found a malicious app in the Google Play that exploits the recently patched CVE-2019-2215 zero-day vulnerability. Earlier October, Google Project Zero researchers Maddie Stone publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-2215, in Android. Maddie Stone published technical details and a proof-of-concept exploit for the high-severity security vulnerability, seven days after she reported it to the colleagues […]
