Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2018
Konrads Voits, the man who hacked into the computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early release for his friend, gets 7-Years in prison. In March 2017, Konrads Voits (27), hacked into the computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early release for his friend. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2018
Social networks could be a privileged attack vector to rapidly spread a malware to a huge audience, FacexWorm targets cryptocurrency users by spreading through Facebook Messenger. Social networks could be a privileged attack vector to rapidly spread a malware to a huge audience. In the last hours, a new threat is spreading through leveraging an apparently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2018
SamSam ransomware made the headlines again, crooks now spreading thousands of copies of the ransomware at once into individual targeted organizations. Ransomware continues to be one of the most dangerous cyber threat and incident like the one suffered by the city of Atlanta demonstrates that their economic impact on victims could be severe. SamSam ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2018
The Thai authorities with the support of the ThaiCERT and security first McAfee have seized a server used by North Korean Hidden Cobra APT as part of the Op GhostSecret campaign. The Thai authorities with the support of the ThaiCERT have seized a server used by North Korean hackers in the attack against Sony Picture. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2018
Operators behind the Necurs botnet, the world’s largest spam botnet, are currently using a new evasion technique attempting to surprise the unprepared defenses. Necurs is the world’s largest spam botnet, it is composed of millions of infected computers worldwide. Necurs was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed its activity in April […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2018
A new crimeware kit dubbed the Rubella Macro Builder is rapidly gaining popularity in the cybercriminal underground, experts already spotted its malware in the wild. A new crimeware kit dubbed the Rubella Macro Builder is rapidly gaining popularity in the cybercriminal underground. The Rubella Macro Builder allows crooks to generate a malicious payload for social-engineering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2018
The researchers at CSE ZLab have spotted a new family of malware, tracked as Bandios malware spreading in the wild. The peculiarity of Bandios malware is the fact that this malware is in a rapid and constant evolution and development. Experts observed several versions of the malware stored on the same websites, they represent the evolution of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2018
Symantec researchers have monitored the activity of a cyber espionage group tracked as Orangeworm that targets organizations in the healthcare sector. Security experts at Symantec have published a report on the activity of a cyber espionage group tracked as Orangeworm that targets healthcare organizations. “Symantec has identified a previously unknown group called Orangeworm that has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2018
Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted spam campaigns delivering XTRAT and DUNIHI Backdoors and Loki malware bundled with the Adwind RAT. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a spam campaign that delivers the infamous Adwind RAT (aka jRAT) alongside the XTRAT backdoor (aka XtremeRAT) and the Loki info stealer. In a separate Adwind RAT spam campaign, the researchers observed the use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2018
Researchers at MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new strain of ransomware called RansSIRIA that encrypts victim’s files and then states it will donate the ransom to Syrian refugees. Unscrupulous cybercriminals try to exploit every situation, even the most dramatic incidents. In the past, crooks attempted to exploits the media attention on dramatic events such as the Boston Marathon, the […]
