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Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2015
Spam campaign spreads Dridex Trojan via Macros in XML Files

Experts at Trustwave have discovered a spam campaign composed of several hundred messages trying to serve Dridex trojan though xml documents. Early 2015 security experts discovered a variant of banking malware dubbed Dridex that was spread through a phishing campaign using Microsoft Excel documents embedding malicious macro to infect victims’ machines. The Dridex malware implements features […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2015
Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone with preinstalled malware and much more

The security firm Bluebox discovered a preinstalled malware, many malicious apps, and a series of security holes on the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone. After the episode of Lenovo pre-installed malware, another case is worrying the IT community. This time, security firm Bluebox has discovered pre-installed malware and other security issues with a Xiaomi Mi 4 mobile […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2015
Babar and Casper, two Malware likely designed by the French Intelligence

After Babar malware, security researchers detected a new strain of malware dubbed Casper that appears to be linked to the France Intelligence. Surveillance is the primary goal of Intelligence Agencies worldwide, a few weeks ago cyber security researchers detected a new malware, dubbed Babar, that is considered a product of the French intelligence. According to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2015
Financial Trojans in 2014 – Symantec reports a significant drop in infections

Symantec revealed observed a significant drop in the number of  Financial Trojans in 2014, a report includes a detailed analysis of the phenomena. Symantec has analyzed the evolution of Financial Trojans in 2014 highlighting a significant drop in the number of detection of malicious agents. Symantec analyzed nine common financial Trojans during 2014, the sample analyzed targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2015
GoDaddy accounts compromised to run a campaign based on Angler kit

Experts at Cisco discovered a new technique dubbed Domain Shadowing consisting in the creation of thousand subdomains used to spread the Angler exploit kit Cyber criminals have used hundreds of legitimate domain name accounts registered through GoDaddy to run a malicious campaign using the popular Angler exploit kit. Crooks hacked domain name accounts in order […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2015
TorrentLocker campaign uses email authentication to tune the operations

The emails of a new TorrentLocker campaign use Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) to avoid detection and collect data. Cyber criminals are continuously improving the technique to spread malicious code and avoid detection systems. Recently security experts at Trend Micro noticed an improvement in the evasion techniques implemented by malware authors to spread the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2015
The Europol and security giants dismantled the Ramnit botnet

The Ramnit botnet has been shut down in a joint effort by the Europol and the security firms Symantec, Microsoft, and Anubis Networks. Another success For the Europol and its allies Microsoft, Symantec, and Anubis Networks. The organizations in a joint effort have shut down command and control servers of the popular Ramnit botnet. The Joint Cybercrime […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2015
A $ 3million reward on kingpin behind the GameOver Zeus botnet

The US Justice Department offers $3 million reward for the arrest of GameOver ZeuS kingpin. The botnet was involved in financial frauds on a large-scale. The Justice Department has announced a reward of up to $3 million for the capture of the GameOver ZeuS botnet master. The malicious botnet was used by “a tightly knit gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2015
A new strain of banking trojan VAWTRAK uses Macros and abuses Windows PowerShell

Security experts at TrendMicro observed significant improvements in VAWTRAK banking trojan which couples use malicious macros and Windows PowerShell. Early 2015 the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) issued an alert about a surge in the infections of malware using macros to spread their malicious code. The experts MMPC have observed a significant increase in enable-macros […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2015
McAfee Labs Threat Report – many mobile apps still vulnerable

The McAfee Labs Threat Report: February 2015 analyzes security level of mobile apps and the evolution of principal cyber threats. Last year the Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) analyzed the level of security implemented by Android applications, in particular the experts focused their investigation on Android applications that failed to properly validate SSL certificates. The […]

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