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Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2016

Oh Canada! – Canucks under attack in the latest wave of banking Trojan scams

Canadian online users appear to be the current target of the latest wave of email-based phishing campaigns used to deliver banking malware. Canadian online banking users appear to be the current target of the latest wave of email-based phishing campaigns. While Canada hasn’t been exempt from banking malware attacks in the past, it appears that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2016

Dridex and Locky authors revamped the Bart malware

The authors responsible for Dridex and Locky malware have recently made another appearance, this time with their latest release – 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

Hospitals Falling Victim to Old Malware

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

Microsoft Office 365 targeted with massive Cerber ransomware 0-day campaign

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

Crooks made $50,000 in a few weeks with CryptXXX Ransomware

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 ransomware’s 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

PunkeyPOS 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. 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 is back! 49 domains compromised!

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

Pawost Android Malware uses Google Talk to make unwanted phone calls

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, the malware with the most wide spread diffusion

Conficker (also known as Downup, Downadup e Kido) is one of the oldest and still active malware, according to Check Point researchers it is “the most prominent family accounting for 14 percent of recognized attacks.” 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

Exploit kit traffic drops by 96% since April, what is happening?

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 […]

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Oh Canada! – Canucks under attack in the latest wave of banking Trojan scams

Dridex and Locky authors revamped the Bart malware

Hospitals Falling Victim to Old Malware

Microsoft Office 365 targeted with massive Cerber ransomware 0-day campaign

Crooks made $50,000 in a few weeks with CryptXXX Ransomware

PunkeyPOS might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers

Locky Ransomware is back! 49 domains compromised!

Pawost Android Malware uses Google Talk to make unwanted phone calls

Conficker, the malware with the most wide spread diffusion

Exploit kit traffic drops by 96% since April, what is happening?

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