Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2017
The dreaded Proton malware was spreading through a new supply-chain attack that involved the Elmedia apps, victims should wipe their Macs Bad news for Mac users, a new malware is threatening them of a complete system wipe and reinstall. Crooks are distributing the malware in legitimate applications, the popular Elmedia Player and download manager Folx developed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2017
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) intel agency has released the source code for one of its malware analysis tools dubbed Assemblyline. The Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) intelligence agency has released the source code for one of its malware detection and analysis tools dubbed Assemblyline. The Assemblyline tool is written in Python and was developed under the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2017
Operators behind Locky ransomware campaigns have switched to new attack techniques to evade detection leveraging the DDE protocol. Security experts are continuing to observe the Locky ransomware spreading via spam campaigns that rely on the Necurs botnet. Now operators behind Locky ransomware campaigns have switched to new attack techniques to evade detection. One of the new techniques adopted by the crooks is the use of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2017
Malware researchers at Check Point have uncovered a new massive IoT botnet that presented many similarities with the dreaded Mirai. The new thing bot emerged at the end of September and appears much more sophisticated, according to the experts the malware already infected more than one million organizations worldwide. The malicious code tries to exploit many known-vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2017
Trend Micro recently observed a new campaign leveraging the Ursnif banking Trojan using new malicious macro tactics payload delivery and evade detection. Researchers at Trend Micro have recently spotted a new campaign leveraging the Ursnif banking Trojan featuring new malicious macro tactics for payload delivery. Malicious macros are widely adopted by crooks for malware distribution, usually, they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2017
The Necurs botnet is spreading a new downloader that takes screenshots of the victims’ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the operators. The Necurs botnet is back once again, the dreaded botnet was spreading a downloader that takes screenshots of the victims’ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the attackers. “Recently we have seen a resurgence of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2017
Hacking ATM could be very easy thanks to the availability of the CUTLET MAKER ATM malware on an underground hacking forum. Wannabe crooks can buy an ATM malware on a Darknet market for around $5000, the discovery was made by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that noticed a forum post advertising the malicious code dubbed Cutlet Maker. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
The Security Service of Ukraine warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya that could take place between Oct 13 and 17 In June the NotPetya ransomware compromised thousands of businesses and organizations worldwide, most of them in Ukraine. Now, the Ukrainian authorities warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya. The Ukrainian Secret […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
Crooks have developed a strain of Android ransomware dubbed Doublelocker that both encrypts user data and changes PIN Lock. DoubleLocker, the name says it all, is a new malware that not only encrypts the Android mobile devices but also changes PIN lock. The DoubleLocker ransomware was discovered by security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET. DoubleLocker is the first-ever […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2017
Experts at Akamai have identified a running Fast Flux botnet composed of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. Experts at Akamai have identified a running botnet of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. The botmasters implemented a technique dubbed Fast Flux to make the infrastructure hard to take down. Treat actors […]
