Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2018
Researchers uncovered a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker dubbed ClipboardWalletHijacker that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Security researchers from Qihoo 360 Total Security have spotted a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker, tracked as ClipboardWalletHijacker, that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Most of the victims are located in Asia, mainly China. “Recently, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2018
The GitHub account of the Syscoin cryptocurrency was compromised by hackers that replaced the official Syscoin Windows client with a tainted version. The Syscoin clients allow users to mine Syscoin cryptocurrency or manage Syscoin funds. The other versions in the v3.0.4.1 release were not replaced, this means that Mac and Linux clients were not replaced by the hackers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2018
Threat Fabric reports of a newly discovered banking Trojan, dubbed Mysterybot, targeting Android 7 and 8 versions, the malware seems to be linked to Lokibot. Threat Fabric (formerly known as SfyLabs) reports of a newly discovered banking Trojan targeting Android 7 and 8 versions. It seems to be linked to Lokibot, the hydra of the Android malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2018
Researchers have released a decryptor tool that could be used by victims of the Everbe Ransomware to decrypt their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Everbe Ransomware, the popular malware researchers Michael Gillespie and Maxime Meignan have released a decryptor that could be used by victims to decrypt their files for free. The Everbe Ransomware encrypts files […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2018
Fortinet discovered PyRoMineIoT, a new strain of crypto-currency miner that exploits the NSA-linked EternalRomance exploit to spread. PyRoMineIoT is a new strain of crypto-currency miner that exploits the NSA-linked EternalRomance remote code execution exploit to spread, the malware also abuses infected machines to scan for vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PyRoMineIoT is quite similar to another crypto-currency miner dubbed PyRoMine that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2018
Malware researchers from ESET have spotted a new sophisticated piece of spyware, tracked as InvisiMole, used in targeted attacks in Russia and Ukraine in the last five years. Experts still haven’t attributed the malware to any threat actor, InvisiMole could be a nation-state malware developed for cyber espionage purpose or the result of a development […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2018
Crooks attempted to hack the SWIFT system at the Banco de Chile and used a disk-wiping malware as a diversion strategy. The intent of the attackers was to sabotage hundreds of computers at the Banco de Chile while they were attempting to breach the real target, the bank’s SWIFT money transferring system. Causing a broad outage, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2018
In May, experts at Trend Micro observed a new sample of KillDisk in Latin America, the malware infected the systems of a bank. A new piece of the KillDisk wiper was observed spotted earlier this year targeting financial organizations in Latin America, Trend Micro reports. The destructive malware was involved in the attacks against Ukraine’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2018
The security expert and malware researcher Marco Ramilli published a detailed analysis on a new strain of malware dubbed DMOSK that targets Italian firms, Today I’d like to share another interesting analysis made by my colleagues and I. It would be a nice and interesting analysis since it targeted many Italian and European companies. Fortunately, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2018
Sofacy APT group (APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium) continues to operate and thanks to rapid and continuously changes of tactics the hackers are able to remain under the radar. According to experts from Palo Alto Networks, the hackers also used new tools in recent attacks, recently the APT group has shifted focus in their interest, from NATO member […]
