Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2015
Researchers at Symantec uncovered bad actors that have been using a backdoor Trojan dubbed Duuzer to target organizations in South Korea and elsewhere. According to Symantec, threat actors have been using a data stealer Trojan dubbed Duuzer to target organizations mainly located in South Korea. The bad actors conducted targeted attacks against organizations in the manufacturing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2015
The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new case of US espionage after they have found a laptop infected by the Regin Spyware. The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new cyber-espionage campaign that is suspected to be linked to the US intelligence. The news was revealed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2015
Experts at MalwareBytes uncovered a new malvertising campaign operated by Technical Support Scammers that are targeting Apple Mac owners. Scammers are prolific and ingenious guys, this time they are targeting Mac pretending to be operators of the Apple Technical support. Technical support scammers are running aggressive malvertising also relying on legitimate ad networks. “These scams aren’t being […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2015
Experts at Bleeping Computer blog are reporting a new strain of ransomware dubbed LowLevel04 that is spreading via Remote Desktop and Terminal Service. Security experts at Bleeping Computer blog are reporting a new strain of ransomware dubbed LowLevel04 that is using an unusual infection mechanism, it is being spread via Remote Desktop and Terminal Service. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2015
Security researchers have documented the existence of a new strain of malware dubbed eFast browser that deletes and replaces the entire Chrome Browser. Security experts from Malwarebytes have analyzed a new strain of  malware that attempts to delete Chrome and replace it with a bogus version that allows attackers to hijack several file associations including HTML, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2015
Security experts have discovered that thousands of websites running the eBayâs Magento e-commerce platform have been compromised and used to deliver malware. Security experts at Sucuri have discovered a malware campaign that targeted a large number of websites the eBay Magento e-commerce platform. The same campaign was also monitored by the researchers at Malwarebytes which focused their analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2015
The prevalence and effectiveness of top exploit kits (Angler Exploit kit, Nuclear Exploit Kit) found to be very active in-the-wild. Why? The threat landscape today is one that grows in depth and sophistication on a daily basis; however, the prevalence and effectiveness of top exploit kits found to be very active in-the-wild cannot be denied. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2015
Despite both Microsoft and Adobe releasing patches on Tuesday (10/13/2015), a critical Flash zero-day flaw remains unpatched in Adobeâs latest update. Despite both Microsoft and Adobe releasing critical patches on Tuesday (10/13/2015), a critical zero-day vulnerability remains unpatched in Adobeâs latest update. As per Adobe APSA15-05, this vulnerability (CVE-2015-7645) remains unpatched is actively being exploited in-the-wild. Adobe plans […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2015
Researchers at ESET have spotted a new strain of banking Trojan dubbed Brolux that is targeting online banking users in Japan. Once again customers of the Japanese banks have been targeted by a malware, after the recent campaigns based on Shifu, Tsukuba, and Neverquest, now its time for a new threat. According to the security firm ESET […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2015
A joint effort of law enforcement agencies the US and EU and with the support of private cybersecurity firm aims to disrupt the activities of the Dridex botnet. Dridex malware is known to be the successor of another malware like Cridex, Feodo, Bugat, etc etc, and uses many techniques with the purpose of stealing users, […]
