Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
I’m proud to share with you the first report produced by Z-Lab, the Malware Lab launched by the company CSE CybSec. Enjoy the Analysis Report NotPetya. As most of you already know I have officially presented my new Co a couple of months ago, CybSec Enterprise is its name and we already started to work on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
Experts at Trend Micro reported malware attacks that leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users. It has happened again, attackers leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users in South Korea. The application is very popular in South Korea and was exploited in several hacking campaigns against entities in the country. In the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2017
Google removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall, eluded Google Bouncer checks. Google has removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts with security firm Check Point discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall,  eluded the checks of the Google’s Bouncer. The ExpensiveWall malware was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2017
Experts found a new alarming method dubbed Bashware attack that allows attackers to silently run malware to bypass even the most common security solutions, The new Windows 10 feature Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Â that implements the Linux bash terminal in Microsoft operating system could be exploited by malware to run undetected. The feature was recently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2017
Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN servers to deliver malware and evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social networking giant. Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN (Content Delivery Network)Â servers to store malware and to deliver it evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social network giant. Researchers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2017
Malware researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a 2007 variant of Babar, a strain of malware likely designed by the French Intelligence. In March 2015, researchers detected Babar for the first time, analysis led them into believing it was a product of the French intelligence. According to the experts, Babar malware was used by the General Directorate for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2017
Researchers at Lookout spotted a new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT tied to 2014 âXsser / mRATâ surveillance campaign against Hong Kong protesters. A new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT includes appears as the evolution of high-profile spyware Xsser / mRAT malware that was first spotted in late 2014 when it was used in a surveillance […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2017
Google removed almost 300 Android apps from the official Play Store after expert at ESET reported they were abused for a DDoS attack. This week Google has removed at least 300 apps from the Official Play Store after learning that apps were being hijacked to power DDoS attacks. âWe identified approximately 300 apps associated with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2017
Security experts discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a JavaScript downloader used to deliver the Cerber ransomware. The security researcher at NewSky Security Ankit Anubhav discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that was delivering the dreaded Cerber ransomware. #Javascript #malware using #powershell hosted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2017
Experts spotted a new EITest campaign leveraging HoeflerText Popups to target Google Chrome users and push NetSupport Manager RAT or Locky ransomware Security expert Brad Duncan with both the SANS Internet Storm Center and Palo Alto Networksâ Unit 42, has spotted a malware campaign leveraging bogus popups that alert users to a missing web-font. The crooks are targeting Google […]
