Malware

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2014
Kaspersky uncovered the complex infrastructure of Koler ransomware

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab issued a report on the Koler ransomware, which is targeting both Android devices and desktop browsers. Experts at Kaspersky Lab published a report titled “Koler—The Police Ransomware for Android” that examines how bad actors behind the Reveton campaign have operated, Koler ransomware recently targeted Android users. The report on the Koler malware is more […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2014
Nigeria 419 scam targeting business world with RATs

Experts at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a new Nigeria 419 scam scheme which is targeting businesses in a malicous campaign dubbed Silver Spaniel. The Nigeria 419 schema adopted by criminal gangs world wide has been improved by scammers which are also including the use of remote access trojans (RATs). A report published by the Palo […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2014
Mayhem Malware is targeting Linux and FreeBSD servers

A security team at Russian Internet firm Yandex has identified a botnet based on a malware dubbed Mayhem which is targeting Linux and FreeBSD web servers. Security experts at Russian Internet company Yandex have detected a new strain of malware dubbed Mayhem which is targeting server based on Linux and FreeBSD OSs.  Yandex is a Russian company which operates the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2014
Operation Emmental, a sophisticated campaign which is targeting banking industry

Trend Micro has discovered a malicious campaign named Operation Emmental, which is targeting online banking systems of financial institutions worldwide. Trend Micro has published a report on a hacking campaign dubbed “Operation Emmental” which targeted Swiss bank accounts whit a multi-faceted attack that is able to bypass two factor authentication implemented by the organization to secure its customers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2014
Gyges, the mixing of commercial malware with cyber weapon code

Sentinel Labs firm discovered a sophisticated malware dubbed Gyges that is the mixing of commercial malicious code with code of alleged cyber weapon. Experts at Sentinel Labs security firm have discovered Gyges malware in the wild in March 2014, the malicious code appears very sophisticated to the researches which attributed it to a state-sponsored project. The level of complexity […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2014
Cybercrime exploits the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

Security experts at TrendMicro have detected a spam campaign via Twitter which exploits the incident occurred to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Unfortunately, tragedies like the one occurred to the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 or the recent escalation in Gaza are excellent occasions for cyber criminals that try to exploit the public attention to carry out illegal activities. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2014
Discovered a new Havex variant which hit SCADA via OPC

Researchers at FireEye have detected a new variant of Havex RAT, which scans SCADA network via Object linking and embedding for Process Control (OPC). Security experts at F-Secure and Symantec have recently announced a surge of malicious campaigns based on “Havex” malware against critical infrastructure. The bad actors behind the Havex campaign mainly targeted companies in the energy […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2014
A new PushDo botnet variant infected 11,000 machine in 24 hours

Security Experts at Bitdefender report that a new PushDo variant emerged from the underground compromising 11,000 machine in 24 hours. Security experts at BitDefender have recently detected a surge in the number of Pushdo trojan infections analyzing data from e sinkholing of C&C domains used by the malware. The experts discovered that the new Pushdo campaign is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2014
Critroni, a sophisticated ransomware which uses Tor Network as C&C

A security researcher has detailed Critroni ransomware, a new sophisticated malware which is being sold in different underground forums. In 2013 ransomware were among the menaces that monopolized the threat landscape, malware such as Cryptolocker infected hundreds of thousand machines worldwide. Critroni (aka CTB-Locker) is the name of the last ransomware which captured the attention of security experts, the malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2014
SSL Blacklist a new weapon to fight malware and botnet

A Security Researcher at Abuse.ch has started SSL blacklist project to create an archive of all the digital certificates used for illicit activities. In recent years security experts have discovered many cases in which bad actors have abused of digital certificates for illicit activities, from malware distribution to Internet surveillance. Botmasters are exploiting new techniques to avoid detection by security experts and […]