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Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2017

Dark Web – The median price range for Android ransomware kits hits $200

According to the firm Carbon Black, Android ransomware kits are very popular in the dark web, and the median price range for them hits $200. According to the firm Carbon Black, Android ransomware kits are very popular in the dark web, more than 5,000 Android ransomware kit listings have been discovered in 2017. Even if most ransomware kits are still focused […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017

Linux.ProxyM IoT Botnet now used to launch hacking attacks against websites

A new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware is currently being used by crooks in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Security experts at Doctor Web discovered a new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware that is currently being used in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Experts first analyzed the Linux.ProxyM in July, it was used to create a proxy […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017

Crooks abused the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors

According to Fortinet, crooks are abusing the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors with their malicious software. Crooks always follow money trying to catch any opportunity, such as the recent spike in the value of Bitcoin. According to the experts from Fortinet, cybercriminals are abusing the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors with their malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017

Android Janus vulnerability allows attackers to inject Malware into legitimate apps avoiding detection

Google fixed a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature. Google fixed four dozen vulnerabilities this week, including a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature verification certificates. Millions of Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2017

Thousands of WordPress sites infected with a Keylogger and cryptocurrency miner scripts

Nearly 5,500 WordPress websites are infected with a malicious script that logs keystrokes and in some loads a cryptocurrency miner in the visitors’ browsers. The experts from security firm Sucuri observed that that malicious script is being loaded from the “cloudflare.solutions” domain, that anyway is not linked with Cloudflare. According to PublicWWW, this malicious script […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2017

The StorageCrypt ransomware is the last malware in order of time exploiting SambaCry to target NAS Devices

StorageCrypt Ransomware is the last malware in order of time exploiting the SambaCry vulnerability, it was developed to target NAS Devices. Experts discovered a new strain of malware exploiting the SambaCry vulnerability (CVE-2017-7494), it has been called StorageCrypt Ransomware because it targets NAS Devices via SambaCry Exploit. The StorageCrypt ransomware demands between 0.4 and 2 Bitcoins ($5,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2017

Global operation allowed law enforcement agencies to take down the Andromeda Botnet

A joint international operation conducted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies in Europe and private partners managed to dismantle the Andromeda botnet. A joint international operation conducted by the FBI and law enforcement agencies in Europe managed to dismantle the dreaded Andromeda botnet (aka Gamarue and Wauchos) last week. The Andromeda botnet has been around since 2011, it was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2017

Experts discovered a new variant of Shadow BTCware Ransomware Variant

The security expert Michael Gillespie discovered a new variant of the Shadow BTCware Ransomware which is manually installed on unsecured systems. The security expert Michael Gillespie discovered a new variant of the BTCWare ransomware, the malicious code was spread by hacking into poorly protected remote desktop services and manually installed by crooks. The new Shadow BTCware Ransomware variant appends the .[email]-id-id.shadow extension to the encrypted files, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2017

Exclusive, CSE CybSec ZLAB Malware Analysis Report: The Italian Job – Android malware masqueraded as Fake Tre Updater

The CSE CybSec Z-Lab Malware Lab analyzed a new strain of malware apparently developed to target the customers of the Italian telco operator “Tre”. The malware researchers from ZLab analyzed a new strain of Android malware that appears as a fake 3MobileUpdater. The malware looks like a legitimate app used to retrieve the mobile system update, but it […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2017

Halloware Ransomware, a new malware offered for sale on the Dark Web for Only $40

The Halloware ransomware is a new malware offered for sale in the dark web, the author that goes online with the moniker Luc1F3R is selling it for just $40. According to the experts at Bleeping Computer, Luc1F3R started selling the Halloware this week through a dedicated portal on the Dark web. Luc1F3R claims to be a 17-year-old college […]

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Dark Web – The median price range for Android ransomware kits hits $200

Linux.ProxyM IoT Botnet now used to launch hacking attacks against websites

Crooks abused the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors

Android Janus vulnerability allows attackers to inject Malware into legitimate apps avoiding detection

Thousands of WordPress sites infected with a Keylogger and cryptocurrency miner scripts

The StorageCrypt ransomware is the last malware in order of time exploiting SambaCry to target NAS Devices

Global operation allowed law enforcement agencies to take down the Andromeda Botnet

Experts discovered a new variant of Shadow BTCware Ransomware Variant

Exclusive, CSE CybSec ZLAB Malware Analysis Report: The Italian Job – Android malware masqueraded as Fake Tre Updater

Halloware Ransomware, a new malware offered for sale on the Dark Web for Only $40

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