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Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016

PowerWare ransomware, a new fileless threat in the wild

Experts at Carbon Black spotted in the wild a new threat dubbed PowerWare ransomware that exploits PowerShell, the native Windows framework. Authors of ransomware are implementing new features to make their malware even more dangerous and effective. Yesterday I wrote about the new Petya ransomware, which overwrites MBR causing a blue screen of death, now I […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2016

PETYA ransomware overwrites MBR causing a blue screen of death

The Petya ransomware causes a blue screen of death (BSoD) by overwriting the MBR and leaves a ransom note at system startup. Ransomware is one of the most dangerous threats of this first part of the year, recently experts at TrendMicro has spotted a new malicious code dubbed Petya (RANSOM_PETYA.A) that overwrites MBR to lock users out […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016

EC Council Website Hacked and used to serve malicious code

Researchers at Fox-IT warn that the website of security certification provider EC Council has been compromised to host the malicious Angler Exploit Kit. No one is secure, we are all potential targets, even if you are a skilled expert and the fact that I’m going to tell you demonstrates it. The website of security certification provider […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2016

The FBI is investigating ransomware-based attack at Methodist Hospital

The FBI is investigating cyber-attack at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, once again a ransomware hit a critical infrastructure. Ransomware is one of the most dangerous cyber threats for businesses and government organizations, the number of infections worldwide is in constant increase. Recently I reported the discovery in the wild of the a new variant of the TeslaCrypt, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2016

Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers

Trend Micro discovered a Business Email Compromise Campaign leveraging on the Olympic Vision keylogger that targets Middle East and Asia Pacific Companies. A new malware-based campaign is targeting key employees from companies in the US, Middle East and Asia. The attackers are using malware in a classic business email compromise (BEC) attack in order to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2016

Be aware the unbreakable TeslaCrypt 4 was detected in the wild

According to the experts at Heimdal Security firm, the ransomware Teslacrypt 4 arrived and it is infecting systems in the wild. According to the experts at Heimdal Security, the fourth version of the infamous Teslacrypt ransomware has just been launched. Teslacrypt 4 implements new functionalities and is more stable of previous versions, stability, it also […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2016

New Android Gmobi adware found in firmware and popular apps

Malware researchers at the Dr Web firm have found an Android malware named Gmobi specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK). Malware researchers at security firm Dr.Web have detected a new strain of malware that was specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK) used by software developers and mobile device […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2016

Buhtrap group stole tens of millions of dollars from Russian banks

From August 2015 to February 2016 Buhtrap group managed to conduct 13 successful attacks against Russian banks for a total amount of $25.7 mln. Since August of 2015, the Buhtrap group has conducted 13 successful attacks against financial institutions stealing more than ₽1.86 billion RUB ($27.4M USD). In April 2015, ESET discovered a malware campaign dubbed Operation Buhtrap, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2016

How to install the AceDeceiver malware onto any iOS Device

AceDeceiver is the first iOS malware that abuses certain design flaws in Apple’s FairPlay DRM to install malicious apps on iOS devices even non-jailbroken. Hackers are exploiting a flaw affecting the Apple digital rights management technology (DRM) to install malicious apps on every iOS device, even non-jailbroken ones. Last month, security experts at Palo Alto Networks […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2016

EDA2, derived from the educational ransomware, is easy to break

The new strain of educational ransomware EDA2 is infecting systems in the wild, but experts discovered that it is quite easy to neutralize. Do you remember the EDA2 ransomware? It is one of the educational ransomware developed by the security expert Utku Sen, now a new variant of the EDA2 educational ransomware appeared in the wild and the […]

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PowerWare ransomware, a new fileless threat in the wild

PETYA ransomware overwrites MBR causing a blue screen of death

EC Council Website Hacked and used to serve malicious code

The FBI is investigating ransomware-based attack at Methodist Hospital

Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers

Be aware the unbreakable TeslaCrypt 4 was detected in the wild

New Android Gmobi adware found in firmware and popular apps

Buhtrap group stole tens of millions of dollars from Russian banks

How to install the AceDeceiver malware onto any iOS Device

EDA2, derived from the educational ransomware, is easy to break

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