Malware

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2015
Android adware infected more than 15 millions users via Play store

Security experts at Avast have discovered three malicious Android apps that were serving Adware, more than 15 million users infected via Play store. Adware is one of the most insidious threat to the mobile platform, this family of malicious code is used by threat actors to automatically display or downloads advertising material when a user […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2015
Experts uncovered a massive CTB-Locker ransowmare campaign

Security researchers at the CERT team at SociĂ©tĂ© GĂ©nĂ©rale uncovered a new malware campaign which is spreading the CTB-Locker or Critroni crypto ransomware. Security experts at the CERT team at SociĂ©tĂ© GĂ©nĂ©rale discovered a new malware campaign delivering the CTB-Locker or Critroni crypto ransomware. In the past, the criminals used the popular Angler exploit kit in order […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2015
f0xy CPUminer malware improved with evasion techniques

Researchers at Websense are investigating on the evolution of the financial ‘f0xy’ malware which is improved with new interesting features. Security experts at Websense have spotted a new strain of malware dubbed “f0xy” that leverages legitimate websites and web services in order to run malicious activities. A first sample of f0xy discovered by Websense is dated January 13, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015
A singular Facebook Trojan has already infected nearly 110,000 Facebook users

Security researcher is investigating in a new strain of Facebook Trojan that in just two days has already infected 1110,000 Facebook users. Social networks represent a privileged attack vector for malware-based attacks, a recent investigation conducted by by the security researcher Mohammad Faghani revealed the existence of a Trojan is circulating among Facebook users. According to the researcher, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015
News Zeus shows significant a evolution in the criminal ecosystem

Researchers at SentinelOne have discovered a strain of the Zeus malware that includes a very sophisticated control panel and evasion techniques. Malware researchers at SentinelOne  have spotted a new Zeus variant that was used to target major Canadian banks, including the National Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank of Canada. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2015
ZeroAccess botnet ‘reloaded’ again with click-fraud activity

The Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team observed the ZeroAccess botnet resumes again with click-fraud activity. Law enforcement has destroyed the ZeroAccess botnet, also known as Sirefef, in December 2013 by a joint effort of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, FBI, Europol and industry partners. The ZeroAccess botnet is considered one of most insidious malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2015
Spam campaign relies on macros embedded in empty Word documents

Experts at Bitdefender have discovered a spam campaign that tricks antispam filters by relying on macros in Empty Word Documents. Security experts at BitDefender observed a new tactic adopted by spammers that rely on emails with an empty Word document in the attachment to bypass anti-spam filters. The social engineering strategy adopted by spammers to lure victims into […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2015
Regin and Qwerty keylogger are linked with Five Eyes Intelligence

Experts at Kaspersky Lab compared the Regin module 50251 and the “Qwerty” keylogger discovering that they share part of the source code and functionality. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a link between the Regin malware platform and the attack platform cited in the last collection of documents published by Edward Snowden to Der Spiegel magazine. The experts have discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2015
Click-fraud malware drives millions of views to YouTube videos

Scammers are earning advertising revenue by spreading click-fraud malware Tubrosa, which sends compromised computers to their YouTube videos. A new Click-fraud malware campaign aimed at earning money by using the victim’s machine to view YouTube videos and benefits from ads embedded in them. The malicious campaign, discovered by experts at Symantec, has targeted users around the world […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2015
NSA compromised systems in North Korea with a Malware

The NSA has been targeting North Korea and its impenetrable system for a long time. Thanks to the new revelations that have been brought to light, the NSA has aimed to equip the USA for possible digital wars in the near future, using surveillance and digital weapons to enhance its existing power.  Though North Korea […]