Malware

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2019
Experts spotted P2P worm spreading Crypto-Miners in the wild

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
Emsisoft releases a second decryptor in a few days, this time for ZeroFucks ransomware

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
Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

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 – July 2019 addresses a critical flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2019
Dutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders

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 detailed new StrongPity cyberespionage campaigns

Experts at AT&T’s Alien Labs recently discovered an ongoing campaign conducted by StrongPity threat actor that abuses malicious WinBox installers to infect victims. AT&T’s 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 spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome

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
Anti-Debugging Techniques from a Complex Visual Basic Packer

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. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2019
Turla APT group adds Topinambour Trojan to its arsenal

Kaspersky researchers revealed that since earlier this year, Russia-linked APT group Turla used new variants of the KopiLuwak Trojan in targeted attacks. Security experts at Kaspersky revealed that the Russia-linked APT group Turla used new variants of the KopiLuwak Trojan in targeted attacks since early 2019. The Turla APT group (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2007 targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2019
DoppelPaymer, a fork of BitPaymer Ransomware, appeared in the threat landscape

Some of the crooks behind the Dridex Trojan have split from the gang and released a forked version of the BitPaymer ransomware dubbed DoppelPaymer. Cybercrime gang tracked as TA505 has been active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking industries. The group that is known for the distribution of the Dridex Trojan and the Locky ransomware, has released other pieces of […]