Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2016
The authors responsible for Dridex and Locky malware have recently made another appearance, this time with their latest release â Bart malware. Similar to other ransomware, infected users are notified of the compromise with their desktop backgrounds changed with a warning, confirming that their files have been encrypted and offering a number of URLs accessible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 29, 2016
Security experts confirm that a growing number of cyber-attacks continue to hit hospitals threatening unpatched medical devices. In late 2015, MaineGeneral Health, a new state of the art hospital located in Augusta, Maine, reported that it had fallen victim to a cyberattack that leaked the names, addresses, and phone numbers for patients of its radiology services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2016
Cloud security provider Avanan discovered a number of Cerber Ransomware variants targeting corporate Office 365 users with malicious emails. Cloud security provider Avanan spotted a number of Cerber Ransomware variants that are targeting corporate Office 365 users with spam or phishing emails leveraging on malicious file attachments. Threat actors sent an Office document that embedded malicious macros to download […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2016
Security experts from the firm SentinelOne monitored a recent CryptXXX Ransomware campaign that allowed crooks to make $50,000 in a few weeks. Security experts from security firm SentinelOne have analyzed the activity related to CryptXXX ransomwareâs operators. They discovered that the gang made around $49,700 from the payment of ransoms between June 4 and June 21, 2016, the money […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2016
Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Security experts from PandaLabs spotted a new strain of the PoS malware dubbed PunkeyPos which seems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2016
Locky ransomware starts up again its illegal activity of stealing money from their victims after a temporary inactivity since the end of May. This time, it comes with hard-coded javascript A new Locky campaign appears in the wild with, experts observed million malicious email messages starting from June 20. Researchers at Proofpoint observed that this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
Researchers at MalwareBytes have spotted a new Android Malware dubbed Pawost that uses Google Talk to make unwanted phone calls. Security experts from MalwareBytes have spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed Android/Trojan.Pawost, that implements an unusual feature. The Pawost threat originates from China and is able to use Google Talk to make malicious phone […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
Conficker (also known as Downup, Downadup e Kido) is one of the oldest and still active malware, according to Check Point researchers it is  âthe most prominent family accounting for 14 percent of recognized attacks.â Conficker is technically a worm that leverages a vulnerability in the Windows Server Service to spread itself, it targets an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2016
The exploit kit landscape is rapidly changing,the Angler and Nuclear EK disappeared and overall malicious traffic drops by 96% since April. As highlighted by security experts the threat landscape is in continuous evolution, despite the criminal underground was monopolized by Angler and Nuclear exploit kits for several years other EKs represent a serious threat to online […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2016
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab revealed that an APT group dubbed ScarCruft exploited the zero day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) in Adobe Flash Player. According to the experts from Kaspersky Lab, an APT group dubbed ScarCruft exploited a zero day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) in Adobe Flash Player. The group launched a series of attacks against high-profile targets against entities in […]
