Malware

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2024
StrelaStealer targeted over 100 organizations across the EU and US

Researchers reported that over 100 organizations in Europe and US were targeted by a wave of large-scale StrelaStealer campaigns Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42 spotted a wave of large-scale StrelaStealer campaigns impacting over 100 organizations across the EU and US. The threat actors sent out spam emails with attachments that eventually launched the StrelaStealer malware. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2024
Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr

During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams. During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions. Middle Eastern enterprises, facing this heightened risk, are urged to bolster consumer protection and reinforce their […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2024
Russia-linked APT29 targeted German political parties with WINELOADER backdoor

Russia-linked threat actors employ the WINELOADER backdoor in recent attacks targeting German political parties. In late February, Mandiant researchers spotted the Russia-linked group APT29 using a new variant of the WINELOADER backdoor to target German political parties with a CDU-themed lure.   This is the first time Mandiant observed the APT29 subcluster targeting political parties, suggesting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2024
BunnyLoader 3.0 surfaces in the threat landscape

Researchers found a new variant of the BunnyLoader malware with a modular structure and new evasion capabilities. In October 2023, Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called BunnyLoader, which was advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023. The BunnyLoader malware loader is written in C/C++ and is sold on various forums for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024
New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?

A new variant of the Russia-linked wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, was spotted targeting Linux x86 devices. A new variant of a data wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, is specifically designed for targeting Linux x86 devices has been detected in the wild. Researchers at SentinelLabs first discovered the wiper AcidRain in March 2022. The malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024
Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by Earth Krahang APT group that breached 70 organizations worldwide. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as Earth Krahang while investigating the activity of China-linked APT Earth Lusca.  The campaign seems active since at least early 2022 and focuses primarily on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2024
Fujitsu suffered a malware attack and probably a data breach

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information. The company revealed that multiple work computers were infected with malware, in response to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2024
“gitgub” malware campaign targets Github users with RisePro info-stealer

Cybersecurity researchers discovered multiple GitHub repositories hosting cracked software that are used to drop the RisePro info-stealer. G-Data researchers found at least 13 such Github repositories hosting cracked software designed to deliver the RisePro info-stealer. The experts noticed that this campaign was named “gitgub” by its operators. The researchers started the investigation following Arstechnica’s story about […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024
Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack

School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to investigate the security breach and restore impacted systems. “The attack is causing a temporary […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2024
Recent DarkGate campaign exploited Microsoft Windows zero-day

Researchers recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited Microsoft zero-day vulnerability. Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited the Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2024-21412 using fake software installers. CVE-2024-21412 (CVSS score 8.1) is an Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker […]