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Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2018
CannibalRAT, a RAT entirely written in Python observed in targeted attacks

Security researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed CannibalRAT that has been written entirely in Python. The CannibalRAT RAT is being used in highly targeted attacks. the experts explained that even if it isn’t very sophisticated it exhibits signs of code cannibalisation from other open-source projects. “The RAT itself is not very sophisticated, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2018
European Commission requests IT firms to remove ‘Terror Content’ within an hour

The UE issued new recommendations to tackle illegal content online, it asked internet companies to promptly remove terror content from their platforms within an hour from notification. On Thursday, the UE issued new recommendations to internet companies to promptly remove “harmful content,” including terror content, from their platforms. “As a follow-up, the Commission is today recommending a set […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2018
Hundreds of Tim Hortons outlets across Canada closed after malware attack

Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada have been hit by a computer malware that forced some locations to shut down over the past week. When dealing with cyber threats for the retail sector, Target in most prominent case of potential damages from a cyber attack. Today I want to report you the case of a malware-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2018
RedDrop, a new Android Malware records ambient Audio and exfiltrate user’s data

RedDrop malware is a recently discovered mobile threat that can steal data from infected devices and also record ambient audio. Security researchers at Wandera have spotted a new sophisticated family of mobile malware dubbed RedDrop that can steal data, record audio, and intercept SMS. All data stolen from infected systems is uploaded to remote file storage systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2018
Victims of the GandCrab ransomware can decrypt their files for free using the decryptor

The GandCrab ransomware decryptor has been released by the Romanian Police (IGPR) under the supervision of the General Prosecutor’s Office (DIICOT) and in collaboration with the internet security company Bitdefender and Europol. Bitdefender has teamed up with Europol, the Romanian Police, and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) to release a free […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2018
DPA Report: Russia-linked APT28 group hacked Germany’s government network

Germany Government confirmed that hackers had breached its computer network and implanted a malware that was undetected for one year. German news agency DPA reported that Russian hackers belonging to the APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and Strontium) have breached Germany’s foreign and interior ministries’ online networks. The agency, quoting unnamed security sources, revealed that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2018
Hundreds of sites based on WordPress, Joomla and CodeIgniter infected by ionCube Malware

Security researchers at the firm SiteLock have discovered that hundreds of websites have been infected with the ionCube malware. Security researchers at SiteLock have discovered that hundreds of websites have been infected with malware that masquerades as legitimate ionCube-encoded files. ionCube is an encoding technology used to protect PHP software from being viewed, changed, and run on […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2018
Experts warn Memcached DDoS attacks could be soon a dangerous threat

Security experts started observing a dangerous trend in DDoS amplification technique, Memcached DDoS Attacks. Security experts from some security firms have reported that threat actors have started abusing the memcached protocol to power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Attacks, so-called memcached DDoS attacks. Memcached is a free and open source, high-performance, distributed memory caching system designed to speed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2018
Talos experts shared details of a remote code execution flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Security experts at Cisco Talos disclosed details of a remote code execution flaw that affects Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 2018.009.20050 and 2017.011.30070 and earlier. Security experts at Cisco Talos shared details of a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-4901, that affects Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability tricking the victim […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2018
CSE Malware ZLab – Malware Analysis Report: A new variant of Mobef Ransomware

Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, a malware that in the past mainly targeted Italian users. Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, that was involved in past attacks against Italian users. I personally obtained the sample by […]