Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2015
A new approach based on windows products IDs for dynamic mutex could allow the creation of new malware running undetected on systems for much more time. Before talking about “TreasureHunter” itself, I think it’s worth to give you a background about mutex and as Microsoft says: “For example, to prevent two threads from writing to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2015
Android Gazon malware redirects a potential victim to a webpage that promises an Amazon gift card if you install an APK file hosted on the page. There is a new piece of malware called “Gazon”, and according to “adaptivemobile” already 4000 android users are infected. “Gazon” was discovered on 25 of February and until yesterday […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2015
Experts at Bitdefender revealed that crooks used seemingly harmless help files to distribute a variant of the popular ransomware CryptoWall. The cybercrime never ceases to surprise, every time we discuss a new and effective technique to deceive victims and evade detection mechanisms. Security experts at Bitdefender have discovered a new spam campaign that targeted a few […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2015
Experts at Trustwave have discovered a spam campaign composed of several hundred messages trying to serve Dridex trojan though xml documents. Early 2015 security experts discovered a variant of banking malware dubbed Dridex that was spread through a phishing campaign using Microsoft Excel documents embedding malicious macro to infect victims’ machines. The Dridex malware implements features […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2015
The security firm Bluebox discovered a preinstalled malware, many malicious apps, and a series of security holes on the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone. After the episode of Lenovo pre-installed malware, another case is worrying the IT community. This time, security firm Bluebox has discovered pre-installed malware and other security issues with a Xiaomi Mi 4 mobile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
After Babar malware, security researchers detected a new strain of malware dubbed Casper that appears to be linked to the France Intelligence. Surveillance is the primary goal of Intelligence Agencies worldwide, a few weeks ago cyber security researchers detected a new malware, dubbed Babar, that is considered a product of the French intelligence. According to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
Symantec revealed observed a significant drop in the number of  Financial Trojans in 2014, a report includes a detailed analysis of the phenomena. Symantec has analyzed the evolution of Financial Trojans in 2014 highlighting a significant drop in the number of detection of malicious agents. Symantec analyzed nine common financial Trojans during 2014, the sample analyzed targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2015
Experts at Cisco discovered a new technique dubbed Domain Shadowing consisting in the creation of thousand subdomains used to spread the Angler exploit kit Cyber criminals have used hundreds of legitimate domain name accounts registered through GoDaddy to run a malicious campaign using the popular Angler exploit kit. Crooks hacked domain name accounts in order […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2015
The emails of a new TorrentLocker campaign use Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) to avoid detection and collect data. Cyber criminals are continuously improving the technique to spread malicious code and avoid detection systems. Recently security experts at Trend Micro noticed an improvement in the evasion techniques implemented by malware authors to spread the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2015
The Ramnit botnet has been shut down in a joint effort by the Europol and the security firms Symantec, Microsoft, and Anubis Networks. Another success For the Europol and its allies Microsoft, Symantec, and Anubis Networks. The organizations in a joint effort have shut down command and control servers of the popular Ramnit botnet. The Joint Cybercrime […]
