Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2020
Malwarebytes experts observed crooks hiding a software skimmer in the EXIF metadata of an image that was surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores. While investigating a Magecart attack, experts found an e-skimmer code hidden in the EXIF metadata of an image file and surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores. The malicious script detected by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2020
A man accused to have developed distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets based on the Mirai botnet was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison. Kenneth Currin Schuchman, 22, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison because it has developed distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets based on the source code of Mirai botnet. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2020
A new botnet, tracked as Lucifer, appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages close to a dozen exploits to hack Windows systems. A new botnet tracked as Lucifer appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages a dozen exploits for high and critical severity flaws affecting Windows systems. Upon infecting a system the bot turns it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2020
Maze ransomware operators claims to have breached the South Korean multinational electronics company LG Electronics. Researchers at Cyble discovered a data leak of LG Electronics published by Maze ransomware operators. “As part of our regular darkweb monitoring, our researchers came across the data leak of LG Electronics been published by the Maze ransomware operators. Just after the WorldNet Telecommunications, the LG […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2020
Symantec researchers observed REvil ransomware operators scanning one of their victim’s network for Point of Sale (PoS) servers. Researchers from Symantec’s Threat Intelligence team reported that the REvil ransomware operators have been observed while scanning one of their victim’s network for Point of Sale (PoS) servers. Sodinokibi ransomware operators are very active in this period, a few days after the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2020
Operators behind XORDDoS and Kaiji DDoS botnets recently started targeting Docker servers exposed online, Trend Micro warns. Trend Micro researchers reported that operators behind XORDDoS and Kaiji DDoS botnets recently started targeting Docker servers exposed online. XORDDoS, also known as XOR.DDoS, first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2020
Group-IB published a detailed report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has issued a comprehensive report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2020
CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked IndiaBulls Group, an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, India. CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked the Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group, its primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and wealth management. Indiabulls Group has around 19,000 employees, the company has been earning an average revenue of 25,000 crore Indian rupees. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2020
Researchers at Amnesty International collected evidence that a Moroccan journalist was targeted with network injection attacks using NSO Group ‘s spyware. In October 2019, security experts at Amnesty International’s Security Lab have uncovered targeted attacks against Moroccan human rights defenders Maati Monjib and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui that employed NSO Group surveillance tools. The researchers are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2020
Experts spotted a new version of the IcedID banking trojan that uses steganography to infect victims as part of COVID-19 themed attacks. A new version of the IcedID banking trojan was employed in COVID-19 themed attacks, the new variant uses steganography to infect victims and implements anti-detection capabilities. Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs have spotted […]
