Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2019
Cyber Defense Magazine July 2019 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 168 pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense Magazine July 2019 Edition has arrived. Tips, tricks, ideas, secrets and insider information on the best practices in cybersecurity. Please read it and share it with your friends. With much appreciation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2019
Security experts spotted a news wave of attacks carried out by the OceanLotus APT group that involved the new Ratsnif Trojan. Experts at the security firm Cylance detected a new RAT dubbed Ratsnif that was used in cyber espionage operations conducted by the OceanLotus APT group. The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty, is state-sponsored group that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2019
Security researchers at eSentire tracked a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that shows polymorphism. Security experts at eSentire observed a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that implements polymorphism. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been around since 2014, it was involved in numerous campaigns against financial institutions over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2019
Experts at Kaspersky have uncovered a spyware campaign dubbed ViceLeaker that spreads in the Middle East to spy on Android users. Kaspersky spotted a spyware campaign, tracked as ViceLeaker, that spreads in the Middle East to steal device and communications data from Android users. The ViceLeaker campaign has been active at least since May 2018 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 29, 2019
Researchers at Cisco Talos group have discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Spelevo that spreads via a compromised business-to-business website. Malware researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Spelevo that spreads via a compromised business-to-business website. The popularity of EK rapidly decreased with the demise of the Angler Exploit Kit, but the discovery […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2019
Experts from security firm Netskope observed variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware distributed in ISO Image through malspam campaign. Security firm Netskope observed a new malspam campaign delivering variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware in ISO image file attachments. “Netskope Threat Research Labs has been tracking multiple similar malspam campaigns that began in April 2019. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2019
Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar discovered a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, over 2,000 devices have been bricked in a few hours and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2019
Mac security software firm Intego has spotted a new Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper vulnerability. Experts at Mac security software firm Intego discovered a new piece of Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect OS X users by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2019
Researchers at Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign that delivers the infamous FlawedAmmyy RAT directly in memory. Experts at Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign that delivers the FlawedAmmyy RAT directly in memory. The FlawedAMMYY backdoor borrows the code of the Ammyy Admin remote access Trojan, it allows attackers to get full access to a victim’s machine. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2019
Researchers from Netlab, discovered a website offering free and commercial proxy servers leveraging a huge botnet (Ngioweb) of hacked WordPress sites. Researchers from Netlab, discovered that Free-Socks.in proxy service is leveraging a huge botnet of hacked WordPress sites. According to the experts, traffic managed by the proxy service is routed through a network of hacked […]
