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Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2017

Satori is the latest Mirai botnet variant that is targeting Huawei HG532 home routers

Satori botnet, Mirai variant, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of attempts to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in Huawei HG532 home routers. The Mirai botnet makes the headlines once again, a new variant dubbed Satori is responsible for hundreds of thousands of attempts to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in Huawei HG532 home routers. The activity […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2017

Digmine Cryptocurrency Miner spreads via Facebook messenger

Researchers from security firm Trend Micro observed crooks spreading a new cryptocurrency mining bot dubbed Digmine via Facebook Messenger. Watch out for video file (packed in zip archive) sent by your friends via Facebook messenger, according to the researchers from security firm Trend Micro crooks are using this technique to spread a new cryptocurrency mining bot dubbed Digmine. The bot […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2017

Chinese crime group targets database servers for mining cryptocurrency

Security researchers discovered multiple hacking campaigns conducted by a Chinese criminal gang targeting database servers. The researchers from the security firm GuardiCore Labs Security have discovered multiple hacking campaigns conducted by a Chinese criminal gang targeting database servers. The attackers targeted systems worldwide for mining cryptocurrencies, exfiltrating sensitive data and building a DDoS botnet. The experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2017

Exclusive, CSE CybSec ZLAB Malware Analysis Report: The Bladabindi malware

The CSE CybSec Z-Lab Malware Lab analyzed a couple of new malware samples, belonging to the Bladabindi family, that were discovered on a looking-good website. ZLab team detected two new threats hosted on a looking-good website www[.]6th-sense[.]eu. Both malware looks like a legitimate app that users have to install in order to access the media file hosted on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2017

Loapi Android malware can destroy your battery mining Monero

Experts from Kaspersky have spotted an Android malware dubbed Loapi that includes a so aggressive mining component that it can destroy your battery. Researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new strain of Android malware dubbed Loapi lurking in fake anti-virus and porn applications, that implements many features, including cryptocurrency mining. Loapi can be used to perform a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017

U.S. blames North Korea for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack

It’s official, according to Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser, the US Government attributes the massive ransomware attack Wannacry to North Korea. It’s official, the US Government attributes the massive attack Wannacry to North Korea. The news of the attribution was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, according to the US Government, the WannaCry attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017

The thin line between BlackEnergy, DragonFly and TeamSpy attacks

Experts from McAfee Labs collected evidence that links DragonFly malware to other hacking campaigns, like BlackEnergy and TeamSpy attacks. On September 6, Symantec published a detailed analysis of the Dragonfly 2.0 campaign that targeted dozens of energy companies this year. Threat actor is the same behind the Dragonfly campaign observed in 2014. Further analysis conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2017

Zealot Campaign leverages NSA exploits to deliver Monero miners of both Windows and Linux servers

Security researchers spotted a sophisticated malware campaign, tracked as Zealot campaign targeting Linux and Windows servers to install Monero miners. Security researchers from F5 Networks spotted a sophisticated malware campaign, tracked as Zealot campaign (after the name zealot.zip, one of the files dropped on targeted servers), targeting Linux and Windows servers to install Monero cryptocurrency miners. The campaign was detected […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2017

New PRILEX ATM Malware used in targeted attacks against a Brazilian bank

PRILEX is a new ATM malware analyzed by researchers at Trend Micro that was used in high-targeted attacks against a Brazilian bank. Security researchers from Trend Micro recently discovered a strain of ATM malware dubbed PRILEX that was involved in targeted attacks in Brazil. PRILEX is written in Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6), it was specifically designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2017

Triton malware was developed by Iran and used to target Saudi Arabia

CyberX who analyzed samples of the Triton malware believes it was likely developed by Iran and used to target an organization in Saudi Arabia. Security experts from security firms FireEye and Dragos reported this week the discovery of a new strain of malware dubbed Triton (aka Trisis) specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS). Both FireEye and Dragos […]

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Satori is the latest Mirai botnet variant that is targeting Huawei HG532 home routers

Digmine Cryptocurrency Miner spreads via Facebook messenger

Chinese crime group targets database servers for mining cryptocurrency

Exclusive, CSE CybSec ZLAB Malware Analysis Report: The Bladabindi malware

Loapi Android malware can destroy your battery mining Monero

U.S. blames North Korea for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack

The thin line between BlackEnergy, DragonFly and TeamSpy attacks

Zealot Campaign leverages NSA exploits to deliver Monero miners of both Windows and Linux servers

New PRILEX ATM Malware used in targeted attacks against a Brazilian bank

Triton malware was developed by Iran and used to target Saudi Arabia

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