Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2019
The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. Non-Technical-Premise “This report is meant for incident response or Linux forensics purpose, TO HELP admin & IR folks”, with this the very beginning sentence starts the new analysis of one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2019
Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2019
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! Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) data leak exposes data of 2.3M survivors Malware Static Analysis Microsoft Defender APT now protects also macOS WordPress Social Warfare plugin zero-day exploited in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2019
Security researchers have found a new government spyware, tracked as Exodus, that was distributed through the Google Play Store. A research conducted by members and associates of Security Without Borders organization along with Motherboard has revealed that government spyware that infected hundreds of people through the official Google Play Store. The malware was tracked as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2019
Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB team dissected a new sample of Qrypter malware that revealed an interesting evolution of the threat. Introduction During the last weeks, Yoroi’s monitoring operation intercepted some malicious emails required further attention: they were sent to a very few organizations and the content was specifically tailored for Italian speaking targets. This […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2019
The recently patched vulnerability affecting the popular archiver utility WinRAR has been exploited to deliver new malware to targeted users. A recently patched vulnerability affecting the popular archiver utility WinRAR it becoming a commodity in the cybercrime underground, experts reported it has been exploited to deliver new malware in targeted attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2019
Security experts at Group-IB have detected the activity of Gustuff a mobile Android Trojan, which includes potential targets of customers in leading international banks, users of cryptocurrency services, popular ecommerce websites and marketplaces. Gustuff has previously never been reported. Gustuff is a new generation of malware complete with fully automated features designed to steal both fiat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2019
North Korea-linked Lazarus group made the headlines again, it has been leveraging PowerShell to target both Windows and macOS machines. The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group made has been leveraging PowerShell to target both Windows and macOS machines in a new wave of attacks. The discovery was made by experts at Kaspersky Lab, the campaign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2019
Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro estimates more than $40 million losses in the first week following the ransomware attack that disrupted its operations. Last week Norwegian Norsk Hydro, one of the biggest Aluminum producer, suffered an extensive cyber attack that impacted operations in several of the company’s business areas across Europe and the U.S. The news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2019
Experts from Kaspersky observed a new C++ version of the AZORult data stealer that implements the ability to establish RDP connections. The AZORult Trojan is one of the most popular data stealers in the Russian cybercrime underground. The AZORult stealer was first spotted in 2016 by Proofpoint that discovered it was part of a secondary […]
