Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2018
Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving suspicious letters via snail mail containing malware-laden CD Crooks and cyberspies attempt to exploit any attack vector to compromise the targeted computers and the case we are going to discuss demonstrate it. The popular security expert Brian Krebs reported that several U.S. state and local […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2018
New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “We […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2018
Microsoft revealed that hackers attempted to compromise the supply chain of an unnamed maker of PDF software. The attackers compromised a font package installed by a PDF editor app and used it to spread a crypto-mining malware on victims’ machines. The attack was discovered by the experts from Microsoft that received alerts via the Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2018
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) named Parasite HTTP that implements a broad range of evasion techniques. The Parasite HTTP RAT has a modular architecture that allows authors to easily add new features. The malware includes sandbox detection, anti-debugging, anti-emulation, and other defense mechanisms. “Proofpoint researchers recently discovered a new remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2018
On Thursday, two Dutch brothers were sentenced to 240 hours of community service for creating and using the CoinVault ransomware. In 2015, Melvin (25) and Dennis van den B. (21), were arrested from a district court in Rotterdam for their alleged involvement in CoinVault ransomware creation and distribution. On Thursday, the Dutch men were sentenced to 240 hours […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2018
The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a “local network breakdown” disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and quoted a company spokesman as the source. “The China Ocean Shipping […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2018
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new variant of the infamous Kronos banking Trojan that was involved in several attacks in the recent months. The infamous Kronos banking Trojan is back, and according to the experts from Proofpoint it was involved in several attacks in the last months. The malware was first spotted in 2014 by researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2018
Security experts from Fortinet have discovered that the Hide ‘N Seek botnet is now targeting vulnerabilities in home automation systems. The Hide ‘N Seek botnet was first spotted on January 10th when it was targeting home routers and IP cameras. It was first spotted on January 10th by malware researchers from Bitdefender then it disappeared for a few days, and appeared […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2018
A new botnet, tracked as Death botnet has appeared in the threat landscape and is gathering unpatched AVTech devices with an old exploit. A new botnet, tracked as ‘Death botnet,’ has appeared in the threat landscape, its author that goes online with the moniker EliteLands is gathering unpatched AVTech devices in the malicious infrastructure. AVTech […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2018
The US Government is warning of continuous intrusions in National critical infrastructure and it is blaming the Kremlin for the cyber attacks. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, Russia’s APT groups have already penetrated America’s critical infrastructure, especially power utilities, and are still targeting them. These attacks could have dramatic consequence, an attack against […]
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